Don't want to serialize a variable of object

[Iyer, Prasad C]

Hi,
I got a class which I need to serialize, except for couple of variable.
i.e.

import cPickle as p
class Color:
    def __init__(self):
        print "hello world"
        self.x=10
        self.somechar="this are the characters"
color=Color()
f=file('poem.txt', 'w')
p.dump(color, f)
f.close()

How do I serialize the object color without serializing the x and
somechar variables?
Is there any modifier which prevents the variable from being serialized.




Another question:
	Is there a concept of private variables?



regards
prasad chandrasekaran




















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