# Bryan Schumaker (8/7/2010)

from libsaria import path
import cPickle as pickle

PROTO = pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL

def save(item, file, ext="pickle"):
	file = "%s%s" % (path.join(path.sariadir(),file), ext)
	savefile(item, file)


def savefile(item, file):
	f = open(file, 'w')
	p = pickle.Pickler(f, PROTO)
	p.dump(item)
	f.close()


def load(file, ext="pickle"):
	file = "%s%s" % (path.join(path.sariadir(),file),ext)
	return loadfile(file)


def loadfile(file):
	if path.exists(file) == False:
		return
	f = open(file)
	p = pickle.Unpickler(f)
	item = p.load()
	f.close()
	return item