[Python-Dev] metaclass insanity (original) (raw)

Patrick K. O'Brien pobrien@orbtech.com
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:36:59 -0600

On Monday 04 November 2002 11:10 am, Michael Hudson wrote:

What happens for nested classes? In class X: class Y: pass are X.Y instances picklable without extra fiddling?

Picklable functions and classes must be defined in the top level of a module. Nested classes, and instances thereof, cannot be pickled at all.

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