Is this different Pickle from Python lib?

[taehallm]

This has the same file format "pkl" as the python module called pickle.

I'm confused 😕

Or has it been already integrated with Python years back already?

Sending help.

[bioball]

Yes, this is not the same thing as Python's pickle. Python's pickle is about serializing/deserializing Python objects, and our is a configuration language.

Our file extension (.pkl) can conflict, although as far as I'm aware, that's due to convention. Python's pickle files don't have an extension, and I've seen .p, .pkl, and .pickle in the wild.

[taehallm]

Thanks. Everything is clear now. But why did you guys name it pickle? Just out of curiosity 🥒

[holzensp]

Mostly historical, referring to organisation names that no long exist and then culture that grew. It's certainly a wink to Tcl.