guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg mon apr 14 2008 656 hrvoje nikšić wrote pickle files intended readable across different machine architectures documentation states unequivocally compatible across python versions compatibility across machine architectures wrt differences size layout primitive c types explicitly addressed theyre supposed compatible across architectures one example stumbled upon incompatibility pickling arrays pickle normally careful write numbers platformindependent way arrays written tostring format filed httpbugspythonorgissue2389 work around issue application considered bug id prefer fix python instead may easy fix backwardscompatible way agree theres something fishy think fix please submit patch guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 074316 0700 pythondev pickle format machine independence