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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-12-27 16:27:28 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-12-27 16:27:28 (GMT)
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_reduce(): Avoid infinite recursion in the pickler when self.__class__
doesn't have the _HEAPTYPE flag set, e.g. for time.struct_time and posix.stat_result. This fixes the immediate symptoms of SF bug #496873 (cPickle / time.struct_time loop), replacing the infinite loop with an exception.
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diff --git a/Lib/copy_reg.py b/Lib/copy_reg.py
index 92cbd53..8a3550a 100644
--- a/Lib/copy_reg.py
+++ b/Lib/copy_reg.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ def _reduce(self):
if base is object:
state = None
else:
+ if base is self.__class__:
+ raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__
state = base(self)
args = (self.__class__, base, state)
try: