Joshua Bronson <jabron...@gmail.com> added the comment:
Thanks so much, @oremanj! Indeed, merely subscripting the class triggers the bug, and your 'del slots' workaround does the trick! For completeness, there is an updated (yet more minimal) repro below/attached. """Repro for Python 3.6 slots + weakref + typing.Generic subclass bug.""" from typing import Generic, TypeVar from weakref import ref T = TypeVar("T") class MyGeneric(Generic[T]): """MyGeneric works as expected. >>> example = MyGeneric() >>> example <__main__.MyGeneric object at ...> >>> example._other <__main__.MyGeneric object at ...> >>> example._other._other <weakref at ...; to 'MyGeneric' at ...> >>> from pickle import dumps, loads >>> pickled = dumps(example) >>> roundtripped = loads(pickled) >>> roundtripped <__main__.MyGeneric object at ...> """ __slots__ = ("_other", "__weakref__") def __init__(self) -> None: self._init_other() def _init_other(self) -> None: other = self.__class__.__new__(self.__class__) other._other = ref(self) self._other = other def __getstate__(self) -> dict: """Needed to enable pickling due to use of __slots__ and weakrefs.""" return {} def __setstate__(self, _) -> None: """Needed because use of __slots__ would prevent unpickling otherwise.""" self._init_other() # Merely the following is enough to trigger the bug on Python 3.6: MyGeneric[T] # This works around the issue if run first (thanks @oremanj): del MyGeneric.__slots__ # does not actually 'unslot' the class if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod(optionflags=doctest.ELLIPSIS) ---------- Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49357/bpo41451-repro-min+workaround.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41451> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com