Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a module that defines a Search class and a SearchResult class. I use
> these classes by writing other modules that subclass both of them as needed
> to interface with particular search engines.
>
> My problem is that Search defines a method (called automatically by __del__)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Don't Do That. __del__ methods are bad. They mess up cyclic garbage
collection, IIRC. ISTR other problems with them, too...
[...]
> Exception pickle.PicklingError: <pickle.PicklingError instance at
> 0xb7f7ad6c> in <bound method Search.__del__ of <__main__.Search object at
> 0xb7ec954c>> ignored
[...]
...yeah, there's one: thanks for reminding me ;-)
You may want to read up on __getstate__ and __setstate__, BTW.
John
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