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Thanks for your reply


On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:02:55 AM UTC+2, Dieter Maurer wrote:
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> The pickle interface is actually more complex and there are several
> 
> ways an object can ensure picklability. For example, there is
> 
> also a "__reduce__" method. I suppose, that "Exception" defines methods
> 
> which trigger the use of an alternative picklability approach (different
> 
> from "__getstate__/__setstate__").

You're right: Exception has __reduce__ & __reduce_ex__ methods. Always read carefully the manual ;-)

I must override these methods.


MC