import cPickle import pickle import StringIO # pickle pick = pickle.dumps({'a': 'b', 'c': 'd'}) print(pickle.loads(pick)) file_obj = StringIO.StringIO() pickle.dump([1, 2, '3'], file_obj) file_obj.seek(0) print(pickle.load(file_obj)) file_obj.seek(0) print(pickle.Unpickler(file_obj).load()) # cPickle serialized = cPickle.dumps({(): []}) print(cPickle.loads(serialized)) file_obj = StringIO.StringIO() cPickle.dump((1,), file_obj) file_obj.seek(0) print(cPickle.load(file_obj)) file_obj.seek(0) print(cPickle.Unpickler(file_obj).load())