code: def dump(obj, name, path=None, ext="dat", overwrite=True, silent=False):
      
      if path and os.path.isfile(path):
          raise ValueException("Specified path is a file.")
  
      filename = __get_filename(path, name, ext)
      
      if not overwrite and os.path.exists(filename):
          if not silent:
              raise ValueException("Specified output filename already exists.")
          return
      
      with open(filename, "wb") as f:
          pickle.dump(obj, f)
docs: Dumps the object to disk with given name and extension.
      Optionally the path can be specified as well. (But nothing stops
      you from adding path to the name.