Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format

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Date	2015-06-10 21:23 +1000
Subject	Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.338.1433935431.13271.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe a good native serialization system is essential for any modern
> programming language.  If pickle isn't it, we need something else that can
> serialize all language objects.  Or, are you saying, it's impossible to do
> this safely?

It is indeed impossible to serialize _all_ objects safely. How do you,
for instance, serialize an open socket?

ChrisA

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Re: enhancement request: make py3 read/write py2 pickle format Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 21:23 +1000

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