上文中提到PyQt的QDataStream類對Python型別和PyQt型別的資料進行讀寫操作，同樣python自身提供了標準pickle模組可對任意的python資料結構進行儲存和讀寫，當然pickle模組可以對Qt的資料型別進行儲存和讀寫。其實QDataStream類和pickle模組大同小異的，但是在實踐建議，當利用PyQt寫Gui程式時，最好還是利用QDataStream類，因為它針對Qt型別更有效果。寫標準的python程式，則利用pickle模組。
以下例子為建立一個型別結構Movie，包含的資料型別都是標準的python型別，然後將此型別通過pickle模組儲存到二進位制檔案，然後從二進位制檔案將儲存的內容讀出。與上文提到的QDataStream類非常類似。

import pickle
import gzip
import os
import datetime

class Movie(object):
    UNKNOWNYEAR = 1890
    UNKNOWNMINUTES = 0
    def __init__(self, title=None, year=UNKNOWNYEAR,
                 minutes=UNKNOWNMINUTES, acquired=None, notes=None):
        self.title = title
        self.year = year
        self.minutes = minutes
        self.acquired = (acquired if
 
 acquired is not None
                                  else datetime.date.today())
        self.notes = notes
class MovieContainer(object):

    def __init__(self,fname,movies):
        self.__fname = fname
        self.__movies = movies        

    def savePickle(self):
        error = None
        fh = None
 

        try:
            fh = gzip.open(str(self.__fname), "wb")
            pickle.dump(self.__movies, fh, 2)
        except EnvironmentError as e:
            error = "Failed to save: {0}".format(e)
        finally:
            if fh is not None:
                fh.close()
            if error is not None:
                print(error)
            print("Saved 1 movie records to {0}".format(
                    os.path.basename(self.__fname)))


    def loadPickle(self):
        error = None
        fh = None
        try:
            fh = gzip.open(str(self.__fname), "rb")
            self.__movies = pickle.load(fh)
        except EnvironmentError as e:
            error = "Failed to load: {0}".format(e)
        finally:
            if fh is not None:
                fh.close()
            if error is not None:
                print(error)

            print("Loaded 1 movie records from {0}".format(
                    os.path.basename(self.__fname)) )   
            print(self.__movies.title,self.__movies.year,self.__movies.minutes,self.__movies.acquired,self.__movies.notes)  
if __name__ == "__main__":

    #textdata=[["god save",1989,45,None,"test data god save"],
              #["queen save",1960,56,None,"test data queen save"],
              #["HK save",1990,66,None,"test data HK save"],
              #["US save",2010,99,None,"test data US save"]]
    textdata=[["God save world",1989,45,None,"HELLO WORLD"]]
    fname="/home/yrd/work/movie.pickle"
    for data in textdata:
        movie=Movie(data[0],data[1],data[2],data[3],data[4])
        moviecontainer=MovieContainer(fname, movie)
        moviecontainer.savePickle()
        moviecontainer.loadPickle()

執行結果：
Saved 1 movie records to movie.pickle
Loaded 1 movie records from movie.pickle
God save world 1989 45 2017-01-14 HELLO WORLD