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Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format

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Date Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:00:55 +1000
Subject Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format
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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:57 PM,  <random832@fastmail.us> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015, at 23:52, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> > For human readable serialized data, text format protocol buffers are
>> > seriously underrated. (Relatedly: underdocumented, too.)
>>
>> Ironically, literal_eval is designed to process text-format protocols
>> using
>> human-readable Python syntax for common data types like int, str, and
>> dict.
>
> "protocol buffers" is the name of a specific tool.

Yes, it is. But the point is that literal_eval, JSON, and other such
tools are _also_ text-format protocols that serialize to/from human
readable data. I'm not sure what the advantage of protocol buffers is,
but it's not like "human readable" is such a rarity. (It is still a
strike against pickle.)

ChrisA

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Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 09:06 +1000
  Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2015-06-10 02:17 +0200
    Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-09 17:47 -0700
      Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-10 13:52 +1000
        Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-09 23:57 -0400
          Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-10 15:43 +1000
        Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 14:00 +1000
        Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-09 21:48 -0700
          Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-10 19:36 +1000
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2015-06-10 19:34 +0200
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 15:10 -0700
              Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-11 13:21 +1000
                Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 22:39 -0700
                Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-11 19:20 +1000
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-06-10 19:25 -0400
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 16:39 -0700
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 16:48 -0700
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-06-10 19:46 -0400
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 09:58 +1000
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 17:02 -0700
              Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-11 07:08 +0300
            Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 14:11 +0300
    Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 11:03 +1000

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