1 .. _persistence: 2 3 **************** 4 Data Persistence 5 **************** 6 7 The modules described in this chapter support storing Python data in a 8 persistent form on disk. The :mod:`pickle` and :mod:`marshal` modules can turn 9 many Python data types into a stream of bytes and then recreate the objects from 10 the bytes. The various DBM-related modules support a family of hash-based file 11 formats that store a mapping of strings to other strings. 12 13 The list of modules described in this chapter is: 14 15 16 .. toctree:: 17 18 pickle.rst 19 copyreg.rst 20 shelve.rst 21 marshal.rst 22 dbm.rst 23 sqlite3.rst 24
