[Python-3000] Marshal Version and Pickle Protocols

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Apr 12, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> On 4/12/07, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> On Apr 12, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>> > On 4/12/07, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>> >> Can we drop the old protocols?
>> >
>> > I'd like to keep supporting the old pickle for data
>> > interchangeability, but default to pickle protocol 2, which has  
>> been
>> > supported by Python for several versions.
>>
>> +1, certainly for reading.
>
> Duh. For reading you don't need to specify a protocol, it finds out
> based on what it reads. The default is only necessary for writing.

I was actually responding to what I thought Raymond was suggesting,  
but never mind, because I agree with you!

>> I wouldn't care too much if only protocol
>> 2 is supported for writing new pickles, but I'm probably -0 on
>> removing protocol 0 and 1 for writing.
>
> That is exactly my proposal.

- -Barry

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