[Python-ideas] Adding a safe alternative to pickle in the standard library

[Steve Dower]

> From: Andrew Barnert
> How often have you needed either cyclic references or the ability to
> dynamically store arbitrary classes in something like a cookie or a cache file?

In a past life I used pickle regularly to snapshot long-running (evolutionary) algorithms that used user-provided classes and all sorts of highly improper circular references. And there are plenty of researchers out there using Python for much crazier things than I ever did.

There is a lot more to Python than web apps...


Steve