Fixes binary write mode for Python3 and Windows (#8094)

research/lfads/utils.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def write_data(data_fname, data_dict, use_json=False, compression=None):
     os.makedirs(dir_name)
 
   if use_json:
-    the_file = open(data_fname,'w')
+    the_file = open(data_fname,'wb')
     json.dump(data_dict, the_file)
     the_file.close()
   else:

research/steve/replay.py

@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class ReplayBuffer(object):
         def _save(datas, fnames):
             print("saving replay buffer...")
             for data, fname in zip(datas, fnames):
-                with open("%s.npz"%fname, "w") as f:
+                with open("%s.npz"%fname, "wb") as f:
                     pickle.dump(data, f)
-            with open("%s/%s.count" % (path,name), "w") as f:
+            with open("%s/%s.count" % (path,name), "wb") as f:
                 f.write(str(self.count))
             print("...done saving.")