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The pickle module implements an algorithm for turning an arbitrary Python object into a series of bytes. This process is also called serializing the object. The byte stream representing the object can then be transmitted or stored, and later reconstructed to create a new object with the same charact...

Some data cannot be pickled. Other data should not be pickled for other reasons. What will be pickled can be defined in __getstate__ method. This method must return something that is picklable. On the oposite side is __setstate__: it will receive what __getstate__ created and has to initialize the...