serialize dictionary type

[Dave Kuhlman]

Mark McEahern wrote:

>> this may be a stupid question, but all I need to bring my product
>> to a somewhat useable state now is to know how I can save
>> dictionaries into a database (mysql).
>> 
>> to save it into a file would be sufficient as well :-))
>> (as long as i can SAVE it somehow :^))
> 
> Have you considered pickle?

If you need a serialized format that is readable and editable, take 
a look at YAML:

    http://www.yaml.org.

And, if serialization to XML is what you want, you might consider 
WDDX.  There is support for it in the PyXML package (under 
xml/marshal):

    http://www.python.org/sigs/xml-sig
    http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/

  - Dave

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