On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: .. >>> Twisted actually tried to preserve pickle compatibility in the bad old days, >>> but it was impossible. Pickles should never really be saved to disk unless >>> they contain nothing but lists, ints, strings, and dicts. > > But *that* set of types can safely be marshalled using the marshal module...
Not if the instances contain reference cycles. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com