On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.1186.1382050591.18130.python-l...@python.org>, > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 12.1. pickle ‹ Python object serialization >> (flavorful, fine once you know it, but a little unintuitive) > > Actually, pickle is a very descriptive term. You might be thinking that > a pickle is just a cucumber that's been soaked in brine, but the more > generic meaning of pickle is to preserve something. In the aviation > world, for example, they talk of pickling an engine as a way to put it > in long-term storage. The analogy of putting data into long-term > storage is perfectly reasonable.
Good point. I thought of pickle as the food and the expression "in a pickle", neither of which captures the essence as well as the notion of preservation. Withdrawing the criticism - though it was minor even to start with. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
