2013/10/12 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com>:
>> summary:
>> Issue #19209: fix structseq test
>>
>> diff --git a/Lib/test/test_structseq.py b/Lib/test/test_structseq.py
>> --- a/Lib/test/test_structseq.py
>> +++ b/Lib/test/test_structseq.py
>> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>> # os.stat() gives a complicated struct sequence.
>> st = os.stat(__file__)
>> rep = repr(st)
>> - self.assertTrue(rep.startswith(os.name + ".stat_result"))
>> + self.assertTrue(rep.startswith("os.stat_result"))
>
> If stat results can be pickled, this suggests a possible issue with
> unpickling pickles generated with older versions of Python.
This change should not break the backward compatibility. The os module
was using a copyreg "hack" (is it the good name?) to replace "posix"
with "os" when a os.stat or os.statvfs object was serialized with
pickle. See the issue for information.
Victor
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