Deserializing specific objects from a file

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:02:38 -0700, Aaron J. M. wrote:

> There are many objects that I want be able to move in and out of
> memory at runtime; namely the game levels.  I only want one level in
> memory at a time, so I want to be able to unpickle specific Level
> objects as the player moves between levels.  I would prefer my
> serialized objects to reside in one file.
> 
> I haven't come across references that say how to do something like
> what I'm describing.  Does anyone here know what techniques I have to
> employ here?

Take a look at the `shelve`-Module.  Another option might be pickling to
individual files and store them in a ZIP archive.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch