New submission from Dima Tisnek <dim...@gmail.com>: Python 3.8 brings new pickle protocol, version 5. It's not documented.
``` (venv) … ~/m/proj> python Python 3.7.4 (v3.7.4:e09359112e, Jul 8 2019, 14:54:52) [Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pickle >>> pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL 4 >>> ^D (venv) … ~/m/proj> python3.8 Python 3.8.0rc1 (v3.8.0rc1:34214de6ab, Oct 1 2019, 12:56:49) [Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pickle >>> pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL 5 >>> ^D ``` Yet there's no mention of "protocol version 5" at: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Doc/library/pickle.rst https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/pickle.html#data-stream-format https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/pickle.html#data-stream-format ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 354054 nosy: Dima.Tisnek, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Pickle protocol v 5 needs to be documented versions: Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38388> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
