Simple example session with serpent serializer

gistfile1.py

>>> import decimal, uuid, datetime
>>> import serpent
>>> data={
...     "str": "hello",
...     "unicode": u"\u20ac",
...     "numbers": [123456789012345678901234567890, 999.1234, 4+7j, decimal.Decimal("1.99999999999999999991")],
...     "bytes": bytearray(20),
...     "list": [1, 2, 3, 4],
...     "tuple": (1, 2, 3, 4),
...     "set": {1, 2, 3, 4},
...     "dict": dict((i, str(i) * 4) for i in range(4)),
...     "exc": ZeroDivisionError("fault"),
...     "dates": [
...         datetime.datetime.now(),
...         datetime.time(23, 59, 45, 999888),
...         datetime.timedelta(seconds=500)
...     ],
...     "uuid": uuid.uuid4()
... }
>>>
>>> ser=serpent.serialize(data, True)
>>>
>>> print(ser.decode('utf-8'))
# serpent utf-8 python3.3
{
  'list': [
    1,
    2,
    3,
    4
  ],
  'numbers': [
    123456789012345678901234567890,
    999.1234,
    (4+7j),
    '1.99999999999999999991'
  ],
  'str': 'hello',
  'tuple': (
    1,
    2,
    3,
    4
  ),
  'dict': {
    0: '0000',
    1: '1111',
    2: '2222',
    3: '3333'
  },
  'dates': [
    '2013-01-21T20:03:27.773968',
    '23:59:45.999888',
    500.0
  ],
  'set': {
    1,
    2,
    3,
    4
  },
  'bytes': {
    'data': 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=',
    'encoding': 'base64'
  },
  'exc': {
    '__class__': 'ZeroDivisionError',
    'message': 'fault',
    '__exception__': True,
    'args': (
      'fault',
    )
  },
  'unicode': '€',
  'uuid': 'f7facf02-e384-4a2a-ac7b-d2444a7276cf'
}
>>>
>>> serpent.deserialize(ser)
{'list': [1, 2, 3, 4], 'numbers': [123456789012345678901234567890, 999.1234, (4+7j), '1.99999999999999999991'], 'str': 'hello', 'tuple': (1, 2, 3, 4), 'dates': ['2013-01-21T20:03:27.773968', '23:59:45.999888', 500.0], 'set': {1, 2, 3, 4}, 'dict': {0: '0000', 1: '1111', 2: '2222', 3: '3333'}, 'exc':
{'__class__': 'ZeroDivisionError', '__exception__': True, 'message': 'fault', 'args': ('fault',)}, 'unicode': '€', 'uuid': 'f7facf02-e384-4a2a-ac7b-d2444a7276cf', 'bytes': {'data': 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=', 'encoding': 'base64'}}
>>>
>>> import ast
>>> ast.literal_eval(ser.decode('utf-8'))
{'list': [1, 2, 3, 4], 'numbers': [123456789012345678901234567890, 999.1234, (4+7j), '1.99999999999999999991'], 'str': 'hello', 'tuple': (1, 2, 3, 4), 'dates': ['2013-01-21T20:03:27.773968', '23:59:45.999888', 500.0], 'set': {1, 2, 3, 4}, 'dict': {0: '0000', 1: '1111', 2: '2222', 3: '3333'}, 'exc':
{'__class__': 'ZeroDivisionError', '__exception__': True, 'message': 'fault', 'args': ('fault',)}, 'unicode': '€', 'uuid': 'f7facf02-e384-4a2a-ac7b-d2444a7276cf', 'bytes': {'data': 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=', 'encoding': 'base64'}}
>>>