Question

Here is the code I have:

import pickle 

alist = ['here', 'there']
c = open('config.pck', 'w')

pickle.dump(alist, c)

and this is the error I receive:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\pickle.py", line 1, in ?
import pickle
  File "C:\pickle.py", line 6, in ?
pickle.dump(alist, c)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'dump'

whats going on? I am using python 2.4 on windows xp

Answer 1

Don’t call your file pickle.py. It conflicts with the python standard libary module of the same name. So your import pickle is not picking up the python module.