Peter, Could you please explain the code breifly?? I am not getting what it does. Thanks, Srini
----- Original Message ---- From: Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: python-list@python.org Sent: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 12:53:19 PM Subject: Re: How to pickle bound methods srinivasan srinivas wrote: > I would like to know how to pickle a bound method?? $ cat pickle_method.py import copy_reg import new def make_instancemethod(inst, methodname): return getattr(inst, methodname) def pickle_instancemethod(method): return make_instancemethod, (method.im_self, method.im_func.__name__) copy_reg.pickle(new.instancemethod, pickle_instancemethod, make_instancemethod) if __name__ == "__main__": import pickle class A(object): def __init__(self, who): self.who = who def alpha(self): print "Hello,", self.who FILENAME = "method.pickle" import sys args = sys.argv[1:] if args: a = A(args[0]) m = a.alpha pickle.dump(m, open(FILENAME, "wb")) else: m = pickle.load(open(FILENAME, "rb")) m() $ python pickle_method.py world $ python pickle_method.py Hello, world $ python pickle_method.py Srini $ python pickle_method.py Hello, Srini Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
