Bugs item #1098985, was opened at 2005-01-09 11:28 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by tim_one You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1098985&group_id=5470
Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.5 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 4 Submitted By: Gregory H. Ball (greg_ball) Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Summary: set objects cannot be marshalled Initial Comment: It would be nice if set objects could be marshalled. This would require extra code in marshal.c very similar to that for dictionaries. Since sets can be pickled I guess this is not critical. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2005-01-10 20:51 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Just noting that some people prefer to use marshal instead of pickle because unmarshaling can't end up executing arbitrary user-defined code (but unpickling can, via arbitrary module importing and arbitrary construction of objects of user- defined classes). That's really not one of marshal's goals, though, so "would be nice" is as strong as it gets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) Date: 2005-01-10 19:25 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=6380 As the OP says, it would be nice. Let's see if he or someone else wants it bad enough to submit a patch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-01-10 19:17 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Guido, what to you think about the OP's request? The need does not arise for pyc files and pickling takes care of general persistance needs. Is there something to be gained? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1098985&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
