title: What is the best way to store data in Python?
body: <p>I'm creating a Skype bot for a group of friends, and I want to be able to have a somewhat login system for text-based games and storing information such as usernames, high scores, notes, friends list, messages, etc.</p>
  <p>I was thinking of storing it in a text file named after the person's handle on Skype, however, I was wondering if there was a better way of doing it. Such as XML files.</p>
  <p>I'd like to avoid SQL servers, and it's not like they're storing passwords so encryption won't be that much of a big deal. (I'd prefer local file storage. Something easily editable and delete-able)</p>
  <p>I want to enable commands such as !note and !friends and !addfriend and !highscore and so on, but I need a method to save that information.</p>