import cPickle

# WHY do I use cPickle instead of Pickle? 

def pickler(name1, lst):
    output = open('pickle_jar', 'w') # Open the pickle jar
    cPickle.dump(name1, output)      # Put in a tasty treat
    cPickle.dump(lst, output)        # And another 
    output.close()                   # Still have to close the file!

def unpickler():
    '''Opens the pickle jar and loads the contents into some variables.
       Returns those variables, using multiple return values
    '''
    input =  open('pickle_jar', 'r')
    nm = cPickle.load(input)
    myList = cPickle.load(input)
    input.close()
    return nm, myList


def main():
    nm1 = 'Vlassic'

    types = ['sweet', 'hot', 'dill', 99]

    pickler(nm1, types)
    nm1, types = unpickler()

    print 'NM1 is %s, types is %s' %(nm1, types)

main()