!pickle --- Python object serialization

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). synopsis: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back. Source code: Lib/pickle.py single: persistence pair: persistent; objects pair: serializing; objects pair: marshalling; objects pair: flattening; objects pair: pickling; objects The !pickle module implements binary protocols for serializing and de-serializing a Python object structure. "Pickling" is the process whereby a Python object hierarchy is converted into a byte stream, and "unpickling" is the inverse operation, whereby a byte stream (from a binary file or bytes-like object) is converted back into an object hierarchy. Pickling (and unpickling) is alternatively known as "serialization", "marshalling," [#]_ or "flattening"; however, to avoid confusion, the terms used here are "pickling" and "unpickling". The pickle module is not secure. Only unpickle data you trust. It is possible to construct malicious pickle data w Attribution: Adapted from Python Documentation under PSF-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.