code: def loadDict(filename):
      
      filename = os.path.expanduser(filename)
      if not splitext(filename)[1]: filename += ".bpickle"
      f = None
      try:
          f = open(filename, "rb")
          varH = cPickle.load(f)
      finally:
          if f: f.close()
      return varH
docs: Return the variables pickled pickled into `filename` with `saveVars`
      as a dict.