simple text parser?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:

> Alternately, doesn't Python have some kind of automagical serialization
> pack/unpack functionality?  How does that work?

if you don't plan to look at the files, use pickle or marshal.  for details,
see the documentation:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-pickle.html
    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-cPickle.html

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-marshal.html

if you prefer INI-file syntax, use the ConfigParser module:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-ConfigParser.html

or relevant modules from the XML subsystem:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/markup.html

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