Bugs item #891249, was opened at 2004-02-05 20:08 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by zseil You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=891249&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Brad Clements (bkc) Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake) Summary: pickle dump argument description vague Initial Comment: The documentation for pickle.dump() see http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/node64.html dump( object, file[, protocol[, bin]]) implies that up to four arguments can be specified. That bin can be specified if protocol has been specified. The implementation actually accepts only 3 arguments, the last one being either 'protocol' or a 'bin' flag. The text notation for this function needs to be clarified, and the visual presentation of the argument functions changed. Perhaps to: dump( object, file[, protocol | bin]) or dump( object, file[, protocol] | [, bin]) or dump( object, file[, protocol_or_bin]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: iga Seilnacht (zseil) Date: 2006-03-31 16:05 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1326842 The bin parameter has been consistently removed from the docs as well as from the pickle module in revision 37966. Resolution should be changed to fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Irmen de Jong (irmen) Date: 2004-11-07 20:13 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=129426 There is one other thing. The cPickle dump/dumps functions don't like the 'bin' argument at all: TypeError: 'bin' is an invalid keyword argument for this function They only accept the 'protocol' argument. So that's another thing that should probably be changed in cPickle (also see bug 888594), or it should probably be mentioned in the docs, or the 'bin' argument should be removed totally ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=891249&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
