You could use klepto, which provides persistent caching to memory, disk, or database.
dude@hilbert>$ python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 12 2013, 13:26:39)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from klepto.archives import file_archive
>>> db = file_archive('foo.txt')
>>> db['1'] = 1
>>> db['max'] = max
>>> squared = lambda x: x**2
>>> db['squared'] = squared
>>> def add(x,y):
... return x+y
...
>>> db['add'] = add
>>> class Foo(object):
... y = 1
... def bar(self, x):
... return self.y + x
...
>>> db['Foo'] = Foo
>>> f = Foo()
>>> db['f'] = f
>>> db.dump()
>>>
Then, after interpreter restart...
dude@hilbert>$ python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 12 2013, 13:26:39)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from klepto.archives import file_archive
>>> db = file_archive('foo.txt')
>>> db
file_archive('foo.txt', {}, cached=True)
>>> db.load()
>>> db
file_archive('foo.txt', {'1': 1, 'add': <function add at 0x10610a0c8>, 'f': <__main__.Foo object at 0x10510ced0>, 'max': <built-in function max>, 'Foo': <class '__main__.Foo'>, 'squared': <function <lambda> at 0x10610a1b8>}, cached=True)
>>> db['add'](2,3)
5
>>> db['squared'](3)
9
>>> db['f'].bar(4)
5
>>>
Get the code here: https://github.com/uqfoundation