=========================================================== persistent: automatic persistence for Python objects

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This package contains a generic persistence implementation for Python. It forms the core protocol for making objects interact "transparently" with a database such as the ZODB.

Please see the Sphinx documentation (docs/index.rst) for further information, or view the documentation at Read The Docs, for either the latest (https://persistent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) or stable release (https://persistent.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).

.. note::

Use of this standalone persistent release is not recommended or supported with ZODB < 3.11. ZODB 3.10 and earlier bundle their own version of the persistent package.