function [a] = loadpickle(filename)
  if ~exist(filename,\'file\')
    error(\'%s is not a file\',filename);
  end
  outname = [tempname() \'.mat\'];
  pyscript = [\'import pickle;import sys;import scipy.io;file=open("\' filename \'", "rb");dat=pickle.load(file);file.close();scipy.io.savemat("\' outname \'.dat")\'];
system([\'python -c "\' pyscript \'"\']);
a = load(outname);
end
 

特别不鲁棒的解决方案，不建议使用