import os

__author__ = "Oleg Broytman <phd@phdru.name>"
__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2017-2024 PhiloSoft Design"

blog_data_root = os.path.dirname(__file__)
blog_root = os.path.join(blog_data_root, '../htdocs/phdru.name/Russian/blog')
blog_filename = os.path.join(blog_data_root, "ru/blog_dict.pickle")

try:
    import cPickle as pickle
except ImportError:
    import pickle


def load_blog():
    try:
        blog_file = open(blog_filename, "rb")
    except IOError:
        blog = {}
    else:
        blog = pickle.load(blog_file)
        blog_file.close()
    return blog


def save_blog(blog):
    blog_file = open(blog_filename, "wb")
    pickle.dump(blog, blog_file, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
    blog_file.close()