Embed pickle (or arbitrary) data in python script

Question

In Perl, the interpreter kind of stops when it encounters a line with

__END__

in it. This is often used to embed arbitrary data at the end

Answer 1

With pickle you can also work directly on strings.

s = pickle.dumps(obj)
pickle.loads(s)

If you combine that with """ (triple-quoted strings) you can easily store any pickled data in your file.