SERIALIZING OBJECTS

• Serialize an object: convert the object to a stream of bytes that can easily be stored in a file
• Pickling: serializing an object
• To pickle an object:
    • Import the pickle module
    • Open a file for binary writing
    • Call the pickle.dump function
    • Format: pickle.dump(object, file)
    • Close the file
• You can pickle multiple objects to one file prior to closing the file
• Unpickling: retrieving pickled object
• To unpickle an object:
    • Import the pickle module
    • Open a file for binary writing
    • Call the pickle.load function
    • Format: pickle.load(file)
    • Close the file
• You can unpickle multiple objects from the file