pickle_unpickle.py

#1/usr/bin/env python

# this is from The Python
# Standard Library by example
# ISBN13: 9780321767349

try:
    import cPickle as pickle
except:
    import pickle
import pprint

data1 = [{'a': 'A', 'b': 2, 'c': 3.0}]
print 'BEFORE: ',
pprint.pprint(data1)

data1_string = pickle.dumps(data1)

data2 = pickle.loads(data1_string)
print 'AFTER : ',
pprint.pprint(data2)

print 'SAME? :', (data1 is data2)
print 'EQUAL?:', (data1 == data2)