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The pickle module implements a fundamental, but powerful
algorithm for serializing and de-serializing a Python object
structure. ``Pickling'' is the process whereby a Python object
hierarchy is converted into a byte stream, and ``unpickling'' is the
inverse operation, whereby a byte stream is converted back into an
object hierarchy. Pickling (and unpickling) is alternatively known as
``serialization'', ``marshalling,''3.2 or ``flattening'',
however, to avoid confusion, the terms used here are ``pickling'' and
``unpickling''.
This documentation describes both the pickle module and the
cPickle module.
Footnotes
- ... ``marshalling,''3.2
- Don't confuse this with
the marshal module
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