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<span id="marshal-internal-python-object-serialization"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal</span></code> — Internal Python object serialization<a class="headerlink" href="#module-marshal" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p>This module contains functions that can read and write Python values in a binary
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format.  The format is specific to Python, but independent of machine
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architecture issues (e.g., you can write a Python value to a file on a PC,
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transport the file to a Mac, and read it back there).  Details of the format are
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undocumented on purpose; it may change between Python versions (although it
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rarely does). <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id2" id="id1" role="doc-noteref"><span class="fn-bracket">[</span>1<span class="fn-bracket">]</span></a></p>
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<p id="index-0">This is not a general “persistence” module.  For general persistence and
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transfer of Python objects through RPC calls, see the modules <a class="reference internal" href="pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> and
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<a class="reference internal" href="shelve.html#module-shelve" title="shelve: Python object persistence."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shelve</span></code></a>.  The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-marshal" title="marshal: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with different constraints)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal</span></code></a> module exists mainly to support reading and
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writing the “pseudo-compiled” code for Python modules of <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pyc</span></code> files.
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Therefore, the Python maintainers reserve the right to modify the marshal format
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in backward incompatible ways should the need arise.
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The format of code objects is not compatible between Python versions,
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even if the version of the format is the same.
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De-serializing a code object in the incorrect Python version has undefined behavior.
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If you’re serializing and
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de-serializing Python objects, use the <a class="reference internal" href="pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> module instead – the
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performance is comparable, version independence is guaranteed, and pickle
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supports a substantially wider range of objects than marshal.</p>
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<div class="admonition warning">
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<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-marshal" title="marshal: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with different constraints)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal</span></code></a> module is not intended to be secure against erroneous or
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maliciously constructed data.  Never unmarshal data received from an
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untrusted or unauthenticated source.</p>
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<p id="index-1">Not all Python object types are supported; in general, only objects whose value
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is independent from a particular invocation of Python can be written and read by
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this module.  The following types are supported: booleans, integers, floating-point
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numbers, complex numbers, strings, bytes, bytearrays, tuples, lists, sets,
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frozensets, dictionaries, and code objects (if <em>allow_code</em> is true),
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where it should be understood that
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tuples, lists, sets, frozensets and dictionaries are only supported as long as
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the values contained therein are themselves supported.  The
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singletons <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#Ellipsis" title="Ellipsis"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ellipsis</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#StopIteration" title="StopIteration"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StopIteration</span></code></a> can also be
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marshalled and unmarshalled.
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For format <em>version</em> lower than 3, recursive lists, sets and dictionaries cannot
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be written (see below).</p>
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<p>There are functions that read/write files as well as functions operating on
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bytes-like objects.</p>
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<p>The module defines these functions:</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="marshal.dump">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">marshal.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">dump</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">version</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">version</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="positional-only-separator o"><abbr title="Positional-only parameter separator (PEP 570)"><span class="pre">/</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">allow_code</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#marshal.dump" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Write the value on the open file.  The value must be a supported type.  The
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file must be a writeable <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-binary-file"><span class="xref std std-term">binary file</span></a>.</p>
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<p>If the value has (or contains an object that has) an unsupported type, a
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<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> exception is raised — but garbage data will also be written
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to the file.  The object will not be properly read back by <a class="reference internal" href="#marshal.load" title="marshal.load"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">load()</span></code></a>.
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<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#code-objects"><span class="std std-ref">Code objects</span></a> are only supported if <em>allow_code</em> is true.</p>
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<p>The <em>version</em> argument indicates the data format that <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dump</span></code> should use
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(see below).</p>
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<p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal.dumps</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">value</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version</span></code>.</p>
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<div class="versionchanged">
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.13: </span>Added the <em>allow_code</em> parameter.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="marshal.load">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">marshal.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">load</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="positional-only-separator o"><abbr title="Positional-only parameter separator (PEP 570)"><span class="pre">/</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">allow_code</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#marshal.load" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Read one value from the open file and return it.  If no valid value is read
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(e.g. because the data has a different Python version’s incompatible marshal
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format), raise <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#EOFError" title="EOFError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">EOFError</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a>.
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<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#code-objects"><span class="std std-ref">Code objects</span></a> are only supported if <em>allow_code</em> is true.
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The file must be a readable <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-binary-file"><span class="xref std std-term">binary file</span></a>.</p>
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<p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal.load</span></code> with no arguments.</p>
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<div class="admonition note">
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
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<p>If an object containing an unsupported type was marshalled with <a class="reference internal" href="#marshal.dump" title="marshal.dump"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dump()</span></code></a>,
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<a class="reference internal" href="#marshal.load" title="marshal.load"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">load()</span></code></a> will substitute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> for the unmarshallable type.</p>
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it raises a single <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal.load</span></code> event for the entire load operation.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="marshal.dumps">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">marshal.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">dumps</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">version</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">version</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="positional-only-separator o"><abbr title="Positional-only parameter separator (PEP 570)"><span class="pre">/</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">allow_code</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#marshal.dumps" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Return the bytes object that would be written to a file by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dump(value,</span> <span class="pre">file)</span></code>.  The
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value must be a supported type.  Raise a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> exception if value
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<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#code-objects"><span class="std std-ref">Code objects</span></a> are only supported if <em>allow_code</em> is true.</p>
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<p>The <em>version</em> argument indicates the data format that <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dumps</span></code> should use
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(see below).</p>
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<p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal.dumps</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">value</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">version</span></code>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="marshal.loads">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">marshal.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">loads</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">bytes</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="positional-only-separator o"><abbr title="Positional-only parameter separator (PEP 570)"><span class="pre">/</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">allow_code</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#marshal.loads" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#code-objects"><span class="std std-ref">Code objects</span></a> are only supported if <em>allow_code</em> is true.
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<p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal.loads</span></code> with argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code>.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This call used to raise a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">code.__new__</span></code> audit event for each code object. Now
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it raises a single <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">marshal.loads</span></code> event for the entire load operation.</p>
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<div class="versionchanged">
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.13: </span>Added the <em>allow_code</em> parameter.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="marshal.version">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">marshal.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">version</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#marshal.version" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Indicates the format that the module uses. Version 0 is the historical
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format, version 1 shares interned strings and version 2 uses a binary format
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