[Python-checkins] r62173 - python/trunk/Doc/library/pickle.rst

georg.brandl python-checkins at python.org
Sat Apr 5 19:45:59 CEST 2008


Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Apr  5 19:45:58 2008
New Revision: 62173

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/pickle.rst
Log:
Mention that the tuple returned by __reduce__ is pickled as normal.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/pickle.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/pickle.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/pickle.rst	Sat Apr  5 19:45:58 2008
@@ -480,8 +480,9 @@
 namespace to determine the object's module.
 
 When a tuple is returned, it must be between two and five elements long.
-Optional elements can either be omitted, or ``None`` can be provided  as their
-value.  The semantics of each element are:
+Optional elements can either be omitted, or ``None`` can be provided as their
+value.  The contents of this tuple are pickled as normal and used to
+reconstruct the object at unpickling time.  The semantics of each element are:
 
 * A callable object that will be called to create the initial version of the
   object.  The next element of the tuple will provide arguments for this callable,


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