[Zope] Export format documentation

[Sébastien VINOT]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Andreas Jung [mailto:lists at zopyx.com] 
> Envoyé : jeudi 8 juin 2006 14:38
> À : Sébastien VINOT; zope at zope.org
> Objet : Re: [Zope] Export format documentation
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> --On 8. Juni 2006 14:28:31 +0200 Sébastien VINOT 
> <sebastien.vinot at logisphere.fr> wrote:
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> > I'm wondering if it is possible to load datas for a zexp 
> file without 
> > the old product and then build new instances of my new 
> product. That 
> > is why I'd like to know if there is a good documentation concerning 
> > the internal structure of zexp files.
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> The .zexp files are Python pickles. The XML generated through 
> export/import is basically an XML representation of the 
> Python pickle. The most straight 
> forward solution would be to write a migration script for 
> your stuff and 
> not to look into pickles...but you can of course follow the 
> pickle road if 
> you like it the hard way :-)
> 
> -aj

You're right, I did not think about XML : thanks for the very good idea
!

Sebastien