python 2.6 cPickle.load results in EOFError

python pickle eoferror
fsm picture fsm · Feb 2, 2010 · Viewed 8.3k times · Source

I use cPickle to pickle a list of integers, using HIGHEST_PROTOCOL,

cPickle.dump(l, f, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)

When I try to unpickle this using the following code, I get an EOFError. I tried 'seeking' to offset 0 before unpickling, but the error persists.

l = cPickle.load(f)

Any ideas?

Answer

John La Rooy picture John La Rooy · Feb 2, 2010

If you are on windows, make sure you 

open(filename, 'wb') # for writing
open(filename, 'rb') # for reading

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