[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins]python/dist/src/Pythonmarshal.c, 1.79, 1.80 (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Tue Dec 21 16:21:28 CET 2004

Armin Rigo wrote:

Some code in the 'py' lib used to use marshal to send simple objects between the main process and a subprocess. We ran into trouble when we extended the idea to a subprocess that would actually run via ssh on a remote machine, and the remote machine's Python version didn't match the local one. The obvious quick fix was to set the 'version' argument to 0 and pretend that it would be fine forever.

this is a rather common use case.

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