text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  #
  # Author: Mike McKerns (mmckerns @caltech and @uqfoundation)
  # Copyright (c) 2008-2016 California Institute of Technology.
  # Copyright (c) 2016-2021 The Uncertainty Quantification Foundation.
  # License: 3-clause BSD.  The full license text is available at:
  #  - https://github.com/uqfoundation/dill/blob/master/LICENSE
  """
  global settings for Pickler
  """
  
  try:
      from pickle import DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
  except ImportError:
      from pickle import HIGHEST_PROTOCOL as DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
  
  settings = {
     #'main' : None,
      'protocol' : DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,
      'byref' : False,
     #'strictio' : False,
      'fmode' : 0, #HANDLE_FMODE
      'recurse' : False,
      'ignore' : False,
  }
  
  del DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
  
  