cPickle dumps core

[Piers Lauder]

I have a problem with Python-1.5.2 and cPickle 1.63.

Her's an example:

	# s Python-1.5.2 ; ./python
	Python 1.5.2 (#10, May 11 1999, 15:32:03)  [GCC 2.8.1] on sunos5
	Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
	>>> import cPickle
	>>> cPickle.loads("ht")
	Traceback (innermost last):
	  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
	cPickle.BadPickleGetBus error - core dumped

(cPickle behaves similarly on a Linux/386 box.)

I'd be very grateful if anyone can suggest a fix!