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Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment

From Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>
Subject Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment
Date 2012-07-15 07:24 -0400
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Dieter Maurer wrote:

> moogyd@yahoo.co.uk writes:
>> ...
>> Does pickle have any advantages over json/yaml?
> 
> It can store and retrieve almost any Python object with almost no effort.
> 
> Up to you whether you see it as an advantage to be able to store
> objects rather than (almost) pure data with a rather limited type set.
> 
> 
> Of course, "pickle" is a proprietary Python format. Not so easy to
> decode it with something else than Python. In addition, when
> you store objects, the retrieving application must know the classes
> of those objects -- and its knowledge should not be too different
> from how those classes looked when the objects have been stored.
> 
> 
> I like very much to work with objects (rather than with pure data).
> Therefore, I use "pickle" when I know that the storing and retrieving
> applications all use Python. I use pure (and restricted) data formats
> when non Python applications come into play.

Typically what I want to do is post-process (e.g. plot) results using python 
scripts, so using pickle is great for that.

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[OT] Simulation Results Managment moogyd@yahoo.co.uk - 2012-07-13 22:50 -0700
  Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 20:42 -0400
    Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment moogyd@yahoo.co.uk - 2012-07-14 22:29 -0700
      Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de> - 2012-07-15 08:35 +0200
        Re: Simulation Results Managment rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 09:20 -0700
          Re: Simulation Results Managment moogyd@yahoo.co.uk - 2012-07-17 01:20 -0700
      Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 07:24 -0400
    Re: [OT] Simulation Results Managment moogyd@yahoo.co.uk - 2012-07-14 22:29 -0700
  Re: Simulation Results Managment rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 20:25 -0700
    Re: Simulation Results Managment moogyd@yahoo.co.uk - 2012-07-14 22:26 -0700

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