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diff --git a/Doc/faq/library.rst b/Doc/faq/library.rst index a079cb1..f6306d5 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/library.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/library.rst @@ -805,14 +805,6 @@ still can't store things like open files, sockets or windows), and the :mod:`shelve` library module uses pickle and (g)dbm to create persistent mappings containing arbitrary Python objects. -A more awkward way of doing things is to use pickle's little sister, marshal. -The :mod:`marshal` module provides very fast ways to store noncircular basic -Python types to files and strings, and back again. Although marshal does not do -fancy things like store instances or handle shared references properly, it does -run extremely fast. For example loading a half megabyte of data may take less -than a third of a second. This often beats doing something more complex and -general such as using gdbm with pickle/shelve. - Mathematics and Numerics ======================== |