On Oct 1, 2:50 pm, est <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> import md5 > >>> a=md5.md5() > >>> import pickle > >>> pickle.dumps(a) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "C:\Python25\lib\pickle.py", line 1366, in dumps > Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj) > File "C:\Python25\lib\pickle.py", line 224, in dump > self.save(obj) > File "C:\Python25\lib\pickle.py", line 306, in save > rv = reduce(self.proto) > File "C:\Python25\lib\copy_reg.py", line 69, in _reduce_ex > raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__ > TypeError: can't pickle HASH objects > > Why can't I pickle a md5 object? Is it because md5 algorithm needs to > read 512-bits at a time? > > I need to md5() some stream, pause(python.exe quits), and resume > later. It seems that the md5 and hashlib in std module could not be > serialized? > > Do I have to implement md5 algorithm again for this special occasion? > > Or is there anyway to assige a digest when creating md5 objects?
Can you just pickle the stream, the part of it you've read so far? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
