Say you have this structure: pna/ __init__.py model.py
__init__.py is empty. model.py is: import cPickle as pickle class A(object): pass def serialize(): pickle.dump(A(), open('temp.dat', 'wb')) Now open a python interpreter on the root directory of that structure and type: import pna.model pna.model.serialize() The following exception is thrown: Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 2, in <module> pna.model.serialize() File "...\pna\model.py", line 7, in serialize pickle.dump(A(), open('temp.dat', 'wb')) cPickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <class 'pna.model.A'>: import of module pna.model failed If you use 'pickle' instead of 'cPickle', it works. If you don't inherit from 'object' in 'A', it works. I'm using Python 2.5.1 on Windows XP. I've tested in Python 2.4.4 on Linux and it works. Any ideas of what is going on? Thanks, Conrado -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list