# THIS FILE GENERATED FROM SETUP.PY this_version = '0.2.8.2' stable_version = '0.2.8.2' readme = '''----------------------------- dill: serialize all of python ----------------------------- About Dill ========== ``dill`` extends python's ``pickle`` module for serializing and de-serializing python objects to the majority of the built-in python types. Serialization is the process of converting an object to a byte stream, and the inverse of which is converting a byte stream back to on python object hierarchy. ``dill`` provides the user the same interface as the ``pickle`` module, and also includes some additional features. In addition to pickling python objects, ``dill`` provides the ability to save the state of an interpreter session in a single command. Hence, it would be feasable to save a interpreter session, close the interpreter, ship the pickled file to another computer, open a new interpreter, unpickle the session and thus continue from the 'saved' state of the original interpreter session. ``dill`` can be used to store python objects to a file, but the primary usage is to send python objects across the network as a byte stream. ``dill`` is quite flexible, and allows arbitrary user defined classes and functions to be serialized. Thus ``dill`` is not intended to be secure against erroneously or maliciously constructed data. It is left to the user to decide whether the data they unpickle is from a trustworthy source. ``dill`` is part of ``pathos``, a python framework for heterogeneous computing. ``dill`` is in active development, so any user feedback, bug reports, comments, or suggestions are highly appreciated. A list of known issues is maintained at http://trac.mystic.cacr.caltech.edu/project/pathos/query.html, with a public ticket list at https://github.com/uqfoundation/dill/issues. Major Features ============== ``dill`` can pickle the following standard types: - none, type, bool, int, long, float, complex, str, unicode, - tuple, list, dict, file, buffer, builtin, - both old and new style classes, - instances of old and new style classes, - set, frozenset, array, functions, exceptions ``dill`` can also pickle more 'exotic' standard types: - functions with yields, nested functions, lambdas, - cell, method, unboundmethod, module, code, methodwrapper, - dictproxy, methoddescriptor, getsetdescriptor, memberdescriptor, - wrapperdescriptor, xrange, slice, - notimplemented, ellipsis, quit ``dill`` cannot yet pickle these standard types: - frame, generator, traceback ``dill`` also provides the capability to: - save and load python interpreter sessions - save and extract the source code from functions and classes - interactively diagnose pickling errors Current Release =============== This documentation is for version ``dill-0.2.8.2``. The latest released version of ``dill`` is available from: https://pypi.org/project/dill ``dill`` is distributed under a 3-clause BSD license. >>> import dill >>> print (dill.license()) Development Version =================== You can get the latest development version with all the shiny new features at: https://github.com/uqfoundation If you have a new contribution, please submit a pull request. Installation ============ ``dill`` is packaged to install from source, so you must download the tarball, unzip, and run the installer:: [download] $ tar -xvzf dill-0.2.8.2.tar.gz $ cd dill-0.2.8.2 $ python setup py build $ python setup py install You will be warned of any missing dependencies and/or settings after you run the "build" step above. Alternately, ``dill`` can be installed with ``pip`` or ``easy_install``:: $ pip install dill Requirements ============ ``dill`` requires: - ``python``, **version >= 2.5** or **version >= 3.1**, or ``pypy`` - ``pyreadline``, **version >= 1.7.1** (on windows) Optional requirements: - ``setuptools``, **version >= 0.6** - ``objgraph``, **version >= 1.7.2** More Information ================ Probably the best way to get started is to look at the documentation at http://dill.rtfd.io. Also see ``dill.tests`` for a set of scripts that demonstrate how ``dill`` can serialize different python objects. You can run the test suite with ``python -m dill.tests``. The contents of any pickle file can be examined with ``undill``. As ``dill`` conforms to the ``pickle`` interface, the examples and documentation found at http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html also apply to ``dill`` if one will ``import dill as pickle``. The source code is also generally well documented, so further questions may be resolved by inspecting the code itself. Please feel free to submit a ticket on github, or ask a question on stackoverflow (**@Mike McKerns**). If you would like to share how you use ``dill`` in your work, please send an email (to **mmckerns at uqfoundation dot org**). Citation ======== If you use ``dill`` to do research that leads to publication, we ask that you acknowledge use of ``dill`` by citing the following in your publication:: M.M. McKerns, L. Strand, T. Sullivan, A. Fang, M.A.G. Aivazis, "Building a framework for predictive science", Proceedings of the 10th Python in Science Conference, 2011; http://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.1056 Michael McKerns and Michael Aivazis, "pathos: a framework for heterogeneous computing", 2010- ; http://trac.mystic.cacr.caltech.edu/project/pathos Please see http://trac.mystic.cacr.caltech.edu/project/pathos or http://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.1056 for further information. 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