copy_reg Namespace Reference

Functions
def	pickle
def	constructor
def	pickle_complex

Variables
list	__all__ = ["pickle","constructor"]
dictionary	dispatch_table = {}
dictionary	safe_constructors = {}
int	_HEAPTYPE = 1

Detailed Description

Helper to provide extensibility for pickle/cPickle.

This is only useful to add pickle support for extension types defined in
C, not for instances of user-defined classes.

Function Documentation

def copy_reg.constructor

(

object)

Definition at line 25 of file copy_reg.py.

def constructor(object):
    if not callable(object):
        raise TypeError("constructors must be callable")
    safe_constructors[object] = 1

# Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.