:mod:`marshal` -- Python object serialization
.. module:: marshal :synopsis: Convert Python objects to and from a binary format
|see_cpython_module| :mod:`python:marshal`.
This module implements conversion between Python objects and a binary format. The format is specific to MicroPython but does not depend on the machine architecture, so the data can be transferred and used on a different MicroPython instance, as long as the version of the binary data matches (it's currently versioned as the mpy file version, see :ref:`mpy_files`).
.. function:: dumps(value, /) Convert the given *value* to binary format and return a corresponding ``bytes`` object. Currently, code objects are the only supported values that can be converted.
.. function:: loads(data, /) Convert the given bytes-like *data* to its corresponding Python object, and return it.