Faster Deserialization in Python

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What do you think is the fastest deserialization method? Pickle? YAML? or JSONPickle?

When using cPickle (use that instead of pickle!), be sure to use the HIGHEST_PROTOCOL. — Philipp
– Philipp, Commented Jul 8, 2010 at 7:53
There's nothing to think--just test it yourself and find out. — Glenn Maynard
– Glenn Maynard, Commented Jul 8, 2010 at 8:21

Noldorin · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-08 07:45:17Z

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I'd imagine cPickle would be the fastest method of serialisation, though it's just an (educated) guess. It's written in pure C, with Python bindings, and uses a binary format for storing objects, thus should be pretty fast!

answered Jul 8, 2010 at 7:45

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PanosJee Over a year ago

yes cpickle is the best but i cannot use c extensions in AppEngine where i am deploying :)

Noldorin Over a year ago

Ah, that kind of sucks. Just test pickle and see if it's good/efficient enough for your purposes, perhaps? I love how easy it is to use.

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