Re:Show HN: Kim – A Python serialization and marshaling fram...
by fnord123 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:59AM
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> Compare to Matlab: save(f, 'anyobject'); anyobject=load(f)
If you want matlab files in Python you can use `scipy.io.loadmat('file.mat')`. PyTables (built on hdf5) is a better solution since the hdf5 format is a lot more flexible than matlab's (ime). But Parquet is looking to be the best solution moving forward as it's gaining a lot of mindshare as the go-to flexible format for data and will be / is used in Arrow.
But really, Matlab is on par with pickles when it comes to serialisation. It's a trap solution.
If you want matlab files in Python you can use `scipy.io.loadmat('file.mat')`. PyTables (built on hdf5) is a better solution since the hdf5 format is a lot more flexible than matlab's (ime). But Parquet is looking to be the best solution moving forward as it's gaining a lot of mindshare as the go-to flexible format for data and will be / is used in Arrow.
But really, Matlab is on par with pickles when it comes to serialisation. It's a trap solution.