Series of functions to handle save files

save.py

import pickle

"""
@function save
Saves the saveData global variable into a pickle file
"""
def save():
	global saveData
	with open('filename.pickle','wb') as f:
		pickle.dump(saveData, f)

"""
@function clearKey
Resets the value of a given key in saveData to its default
@param {str} key: The name of the key to reset
"""
def clearKey(key):
	global saveData
	saveData[key] = emptySave()[key]

"""
@function clearSave
Resets all values in saveData to their default value
"""
def clearSave():
	global saveData
	saveData = emptySave()
	with open('filename.pickle','wb') as f:
		pickle.dump(saveData, f)

"""
@function emptySave
Returns a new dictionary with the default values of saveData
@return {dict}: the empy dictionary
"""
def emptySave():
	return # Default Value

"""
@function importLastSave
Attempts to open a save file.
"""
def importLastSave():
	global saveData
	try:
		with open('filename.pickle','rb') as f:
			saveData = pickle.load(f)
	except FileNotFoundError:
		# Handle if no file exists