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:mod:`pickle` --- Python object serialization
=============================================
+.. module:: pickle
+ :synopsis: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
+
+.. sectionauthor:: Jim Kerr <jbkerr@sr.hp.com>.
+.. sectionauthor:: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
+
+**Source code:** :source:`Lib/pickle.py`
+
.. index::
single: persistence
pair: persistent; objects
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pair: flattening; objects
pair: pickling; objects
-.. module:: pickle
- :synopsis: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
-.. sectionauthor:: Jim Kerr <jbkerr@sr.hp.com>.
-.. sectionauthor:: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
-
+--------------
The :mod:`pickle` module implements binary protocols for serializing and
de-serializing a Python object structure. *"Pickling"* is the process