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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/pickle.py | 10 |
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diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py index dde3dee525..a481fc7fce 100644 --- a/Lib/pickle.py +++ b/Lib/pickle.py @@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ There are some restrictions on the pickling of class instances. First of all, the class must be defined at the top level in a module. -Next, it must normally be possible to create class instances by calling -the class without arguments. If this is undesirable, the class can -define a method __getinitargs__ (XXX not a pretty name!), which should -return a *tuple* containing the arguments to be passed to the class +Next, it must normally be possible to create class instances by +calling the class without arguments. Usually, this is best +accomplished by providing default values for all arguments to its +__init__ method (if it has one). If this is undesirable, the +class can define a method __getinitargs__, which should return a +*tuple* containing the arguments to be passed to the class constructor. Classes can influence how their instances are pickled -- if the class defines |