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authorAlexandre Vassalotti <alexandre@peadrop.com>2009-01-23 04:46:05 (GMT)
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Remove obsolete note on binary-mode vs. text-mode file.
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@@ -130,16 +130,6 @@ an unpickler, then you call the unpickler's :meth:`load` method. The
The highest protocol version available. This value can be passed as a
*protocol* value.
-.. note::
-
- Be sure to always open pickle files created with protocols >= 1 in binary mode.
- For the old ASCII-based pickle protocol 0 you can use either text mode or binary
- mode as long as you stay consistent.
-
- A pickle file written with protocol 0 in binary mode will contain lone linefeeds
- as line terminators and therefore will look "funny" when viewed in Notepad or
- other editors which do not support this format.
-
.. data:: DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
The default protocol used for pickling. May be less than HIGHEST_PROTOCOL.