Don't want to serialize a variable of object

[Iyer, Prasad C]

Hi,
I got a class which I need to serialize, except for couple of variable.
i.e.

import cPickle as p
class Color:
def __init__(self):
print "hello world"
self.x=10
self.somechar="this are the characters"
color=Color()
f=file('poem.txt', 'w')
p.dump(color, f)
f.close()

How do I serialize the object color without serializing the x and
somechar variables?
Is there any modifier which prevents the variable from being serialized.




Another question:
Is there a concept of private variables?



regards
prasad chandrasekaran










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[Duncan Booth]

How do I serialize the object color without serializing the x and
somechar variables?
Is there any modifier which prevents the variable from being serialized.

See the pickle documentation. The example given in the documentation
pickles a class while excluding one of its attributes.

http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/lib/pickle-example.html

Another question:
Is there a concept of private variables?

'private variables' can mean either of two things: hiding the variables to
prevent accidental naming conflicts in subclasses, or security to prevent
malicious manipulation of a class's internal state.

Python provides the former (to a certain extent) when you give an attribute
a name prefixed with a double underscore, but makes no attempt to provide
the latter. Some other languages (such as C++) make no attempt to provide
the former and a completely inadequate attempt at the latter.

In other words: Python has a concept of private variables, but it is
different than in some other languages, and if you google past threads you
can find endless discussions on the pro's and con's of the Python approach.