[Python-Dev] Pickling objects that return string from reduce

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Bruce Christensen wrote:
>> If  obj has no __module__ attribute (or if it is None), pickle
>> (didn't check cPickle) also does
>>
>> for n, module in sys.module.items():
>>   if "module-ignored": continue
>>   if getattr(module, result, None) is obj:
>>      break # use n as module name
> 
> What is "module-ignored" above? It's obviously not a literal string...

It's skipped if module is None (skip dummy package entries)
or n=='__main__'.

Regards,
Martin