On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 04:36:17PM +0100, Julien Puydt wrote:
> Le 29/01/2012 12:13, Willem Jan Palenstijn a écrit :
> >So this is the same issue with char being unsigned on your platform.
> >Specifically, it seems the corresponding __reduce__ function converts a char
> >array into a list of python ints, which has range 0-255 for you, instead of 
> >the
> >-128-127 on x86. And the unpickle function has the opposite issue.
> >
> >I wonder how many of these are around, and if there is any general fix for
> >them.
> 
> Well, if there is a nice inheritance graph, there's hope fixing the
> base class will maket the rest just go smooth.
> 
> Now, to fix the base class... If the goal is to take a "char" on one
> platform and turn it into a "char" on another, then it's a lost
> battle.

Which base class do you mean exactly?

> What are those "char" really encoding? If they are really "foo",
> then turning a "foo" on one platform into a "foo" on another might
> not be impossible!

In this particular case, it seems Matrix_mod2_dense's __reduce__ serializes its
data by compressing it as a black/white PNG image. So it's really just a raw
byte stream.


-Willem Jan

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