[Numpy-discussion] fast numpy i/o

[Robert Kern]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:49, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering what are good choices for fast numpy array serialization?
>
> mmap: fast, but I guess not self-describing?
> hdf5: ?
> pickle: self-describing, but maybe not fast?
> others?

NPY:
http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.save.html
http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.load.html
(Note the mmap_mode argument)
https://raw.github.com/numpy/numpy/master/doc/neps/npy-format.txt

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Robert Kern

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