peterf@2: #
peterf@2: # custompickler.py:
peterf@2: #    Save objects in compressed format
peterf@2: #
peterf@2: # Author: Peter Foster
peterf@2: # (c) 2015 Peter Foster
peterf@2: #
peterf@2: 
peterf@2: import cPickle as pickle
peterf@2: import gzip
peterf@2: 
peterf@2: PROTOCOL = 2
peterf@2: 
peterf@2: def pickle_save(Object, path):
peterf@2:     F = gzip.open(path, 'wb')
peterf@2:     pickle.dump(Object,F,PROTOCOL)
peterf@2:     F.close()
peterf@2:     
peterf@2: def pickle_load(path):
peterf@2:     F = gzip.open(path, 'rb')
peterf@2:     Object = pickle.load(F)
peterf@2:     F.close()
peterf@2:     return Object