[Python-Dev] Pickling w/ low overhead

[M.-A. Lemburg]

David Ascher wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
> > Hmm, types can register their own pickling/unpickling functions
> > via copy_reg, so they can access the self.write method in pickle.py
> > to implement the write to file interface.
> 
> Are you sure?  My understanding of copy_reg is, as stated in the doc:
> 
> pickle (type, function[, constructor])
>     Declares that function should be used as a ``reduction'' function for
>     objects of type or class type. function should return either a string
>     or a tuple. The optional constructor parameter, if provided, is a
>     callable object which can be used to reconstruct the object when
>     called with the tuple of arguments returned by function at pickling
>     time.
> 
> How does one access the 'self.write method in pickle.py'?

Ooops. Sorry, that doesn't work... well at least not using "normal"
Python ;-) You could of course simply go up one stack frame and
then grab the self object and then... well, you know...

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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