1 :mod:`copy_reg` --- Register :mod:`pickle` support functions
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5 :synopsis: Register pickle support functions.
8 The :mod:`copy_reg` module has been renamed to :mod:`copyreg` in Python 3.0.
9 The :term:`2to3` tool will automatically adapt imports when converting your
17 The :mod:`copy_reg` module provides support for the :mod:`pickle` and
18 :mod:`cPickle` modules. The :mod:`copy` module is likely to use this in the
19 future as well. It provides configuration information about object constructors
20 which are not classes. Such constructors may be factory functions or class
24 .. function:: constructor(object)
26 Declares *object* to be a valid constructor. If *object* is not callable (and
27 hence not valid as a constructor), raises :exc:`TypeError`.
30 .. function:: pickle(type, function[, constructor])
32 Declares that *function* should be used as a "reduction" function for objects of
33 type *type*; *type* must not be a "classic" class object. (Classic classes are
34 handled differently; see the documentation for the :mod:`pickle` module for
35 details.) *function* should return either a string or a tuple containing two or
38 The optional *constructor* parameter, if provided, is a callable object which
39 can be used to reconstruct the object when called with the tuple of arguments
40 returned by *function* at pickling time. :exc:`TypeError` will be raised if
41 *object* is a class or *constructor* is not callable.
43 See the :mod:`pickle` module for more details on the interface expected of
44 *function* and *constructor*.