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Re: pickle module doens't work

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On 12/27/2012 7:34 AM, Dave Angel wrote:

> Perhaps you'd rather see it in the Python docs.
>
> http://docs.python.org/2/library/pickle.html
> http://docs.python.org/3.3/library/pickle.html
>
> pickle <http://docs.python.org/2/library/pickle.html#module-pickle>can
> save and restore class instances transparently, however the class
> definition must be importable and live in the same module as when the
> object was stored.
> and
> Similarly, when class instances are pickled, their class’s code and data
> are not pickled along with them. Only the instance data are pickled.
> This is done on purpose, so you can fix bugs in a class or add methods
> to the class and still load objects that were created with an earlier
> version of the class.

I should point out the the above was probably written before the 
(partial) unification of types and classes in 2.2 (completed in 3.3). So 
'class' is referring to 'Python-coded class' and 'code' is referring to 
'(compiled) Python code', and not machine code. Now, everything that 
pickle pickles is a 'class instance' and class code can be compiled from 
either Python or the interpreter's system language (C, Java, C#, others, 
or even Python itself).

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 02:46 -0800
  Re: pickle module doens't work Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-12-27 12:29 +0100
    Re: pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 04:05 -0800
      Re: pickle module doens't work Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-12-27 07:34 -0500
        Re: pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 05:16 -0800
          Re: pickle module doens't work Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-28 00:20 +1100
        Re: pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 05:16 -0800
          Re: pickle module doens't work Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2012-12-28 21:41 -0800
            Re: pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2013-01-01 06:33 -0800
              Re: pickle module doens't work Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-01-01 11:14 -0800
                Re: pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 06:08 -0800
      Re: pickle module doens't work Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-12-27 16:19 -0500
    Re: pickle module doens't work Omer Korat <animus.partum.universum@gmail.com> - 2012-12-27 04:05 -0800

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