best(fastest) way to send and get lists from files

[Steve Holden]

Abrahams, Max wrote:
> I've looked into pickle, dump, load, save, readlines(), etc.
> 
> Which is the best method? Fastest? My lists tend to be around a thousand to a million items.
> 
> Binary and text files are both okay, text would be preferred in general unless there's a significant speed boost from something binary.
> 
> thanks

benchmarks are the only reliable way to get this information for your 
particular tasks.

regards
  Steve
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