Re: pickle/marshal internal format 'life expectancy'/backward compatibility

2005-02-06 Thread Adam DePrince
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 12:12, Philippe C. Martin wrote: > > How complicated is your data structure? Might you just store: > > that's the thing: I don't want to know: My goal is to be able to design You must know. Marshal and pickle both have limits on what they can serialize. > my SC applicat

Re: pickle/marshal internal format 'life expectancy'/backward compatibility

2005-02-06 Thread Philippe C. Martin
> How complicated is your data structure? Might you just store: that's the thing: I don't want to know: My goal is to be able to design my SC applications without having to change the file system every time I wish to add/subtract data to be store - I should say 'constant' data to be stored for th

Re: pickle/marshal internal format 'life expectancy'/backward compatibility

2005-02-06 Thread Adam DePrince
On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 17:04, Tim Peters wrote: > [Philippe C. Martin] > > I am looking into using the pickle format to store object/complex data > > structures into a smart card as it would make the design of the embedded > > application very simple. > > > > Yet the card might have to stay in the p

Re: pickle/marshal internal format 'life expectancy'/backward compatibility

2005-02-05 Thread Tim Peters
[Philippe C. Martin] > I am looking into using the pickle format to store object/complex data > structures into a smart card as it would make the design of the embedded > application very simple. > > Yet the card might have to stay in the pocket of the customer for a few > years, during which the b

pickle/marshal internal format 'life expectancy'/backward compatibility

2005-02-05 Thread Philippe C. Martin
Hi, I am looking into using the pickle format to store object/complex data structures into a smart card as it would make the design of the embedded application very simple. Yet the card might have to stay in the pocket of the customer for a few years, during which the back office application res