> On the Python side I decided to use cPickle. On the C side I would > write a library that can read the cPickle and generate the correct > C structure (the data is, more or less, self-describing) and visa > versa. > > I was wondering if anyone has done something like this before > and if so can they point me to information on how to easily do it? > The structures I am using on the C side are pretty simple (very > flat and using only integers and strings).
I guess it might be the more sensible choice to use module struct and transform your python-data to C-structs. The reason is simply that to teach the old dog C new tricks (namely react flexible on cPickle) is a hard task, whereas customizing python objects serialization is comparably easy. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
