Module-level abstraction in Python

Sample code first.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# file: jukoro/pickle.py

import cPickle


load = cPickle.load
loads = cPickle.loads


def dump(obj, f):
    return cPickle.dump(obj, f, protocol=cPickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)


def dumps(obj):
    return cPickle.dumps(obj, protocol=cPickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)

No magic inside - in our own project we've created pickle.py module, the one to be used in place of cPickle from standart library.

As a result we've got an abstraction, which helps us to keep code DRY and improves code manageability.

I like this approach.