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1 """Helper to provide extensibility for pickle/cPickle.
3 This is only useful to add pickle support for extension types defined in
4 C, not for instances of user-defined classes.
5 """
7 from types import ClassType as _ClassType
9 __all__ = ["pickle", "constructor",
10 "add_extension", "remove_extension", "clear_extension_cache"]
12 dispatch_table = {}
14 def pickle(ob_type, pickle_function, constructor_ob=None):
15 if type(ob_type) is _ClassType:
16 raise TypeError("copy_reg is not intended for use with classes")
18 if not callable(pickle_function):
19 raise TypeError("reduction functions must be callable")
20 dispatch_table[ob_type] = pickle_function
22 # The constructor_ob function is a vestige of safe for unpickling.
23 # There is no reason for the caller to pass it anymore.
24 if constructor_ob is not None:
25 constructor(constructor_ob)
27 def constructor(object):
28 if not callable(object):
29 raise TypeError("constructors must be callable")
31 # Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.
33 try:
34 complex
35 except NameError:
36 pass
37 else:
39 def pickle_complex(c):
40 return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
42 pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
44 # Support for pickling new-style objects
46 def _reconstructor(cls, base, state):
47 if base is object:
48 obj = object.__new__(cls)
49 else:
50 obj = base.__new__(cls, state)
51 base.__init__(obj, state)
52 return obj
54 _HEAPTYPE = 1<<9
56 # Python code for object.__reduce_ex__ for protocols 0 and 1
58 def _reduce_ex(self, proto):
59 assert proto < 2
60 for base in self.__class__.__mro__:
61 if hasattr(base, '__flags__') and not base.__flags__ & _HEAPTYPE:
62 break
63 else:
64 base = object # not really reachable
65 if base is object:
66 state = None
67 else:
68 if base is self.__class__:
69 raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__
70 state = base(self)
71 args = (self.__class__, base, state)
72 try:
73 getstate = self.__getstate__
74 except AttributeError:
75 if getattr(self, "__slots__", None):
76 raise TypeError("a class that defines __slots__ without "
77 "defining __getstate__ cannot be pickled")
78 try:
79 dict = self.__dict__
80 except AttributeError:
81 dict = None
82 else:
83 dict = getstate()
84 if dict:
85 return _reconstructor, args, dict
86 else:
87 return _reconstructor, args
89 # Helper for __reduce_ex__ protocol 2
91 def __newobj__(cls, *args):
92 return cls.__new__(cls, *args)
94 def _slotnames(cls):
95 """Return a list of slot names for a given class.
97 This needs to find slots defined by the class and its bases, so we
98 can't simply return the __slots__ attribute. We must walk down
99 the Method Resolution Order and concatenate the __slots__ of each
100 class found there. (This assumes classes don't modify their
101 __slots__ attribute to misrepresent their slots after the class is
102 defined.)
105 # Get the value from a cache in the class if possible
106 names = cls.__dict__.get("__slotnames__")
107 if names is not None:
108 return names
110 # Not cached -- calculate the value
111 names = []
112 if not hasattr(cls, "__slots__"):
113 # This class has no slots
114 pass
115 else:
116 # Slots found -- gather slot names from all base classes
117 for c in cls.__mro__:
118 if "__slots__" in c.__dict__:
119 slots = c.__dict__['__slots__']
120 # if class has a single slot, it can be given as a string
121 if isinstance(slots, basestring):
122 slots = (slots,)
123 for name in slots:
124 # special descriptors
125 if name in ("__dict__", "__weakref__"):
126 continue
127 # mangled names
128 elif name.startswith('__') and not name.endswith('__'):
129 names.append('_%s%s' % (c.__name__, name))
130 else:
131 names.append(name)
133 # Cache the outcome in the class if at all possible
134 try:
135 cls.__slotnames__ = names
136 except:
137 pass # But don't die if we can't
139 return names
141 # A registry of extension codes. This is an ad-hoc compression
142 # mechanism. Whenever a global reference to <module>, <name> is about
143 # to be pickled, the (<module>, <name>) tuple is looked up here to see
144 # if it is a registered extension code for it. Extension codes are
145 # universal, so that the meaning of a pickle does not depend on
146 # context. (There are also some codes reserved for local use that
147 # don't have this restriction.) Codes are positive ints; 0 is
148 # reserved.
150 _extension_registry = {} # key -> code
151 _inverted_registry = {} # code -> key
152 _extension_cache = {} # code -> object
153 # Don't ever rebind those names: cPickle grabs a reference to them when
154 # it's initialized, and won't see a rebinding.
156 def add_extension(module, name, code):
157 """Register an extension code."""
158 code = int(code)
159 if not 1 <= code <= 0x7fffffff:
160 raise ValueError, "code out of range"
161 key = (module, name)
162 if (_extension_registry.get(key) == code and
163 _inverted_registry.get(code) == key):
164 return # Redundant registrations are benign
165 if key in _extension_registry:
166 raise ValueError("key %s is already registered with code %s" %
167 (key, _extension_registry[key]))
168 if code in _inverted_registry:
169 raise ValueError("code %s is already in use for key %s" %
170 (code, _inverted_registry[code]))
171 _extension_registry[key] = code
172 _inverted_registry[code] = key
174 def remove_extension(module, name, code):
175 """Unregister an extension code. For testing only."""
176 key = (module, name)
177 if (_extension_registry.get(key) != code or
178 _inverted_registry.get(code) != key):
179 raise ValueError("key %s is not registered with code %s" %
180 (key, code))
181 del _extension_registry[key]
182 del _inverted_registry[code]
183 if code in _extension_cache:
184 del _extension_cache[code]
186 def clear_extension_cache():
187 _extension_cache.clear()
189 # Standard extension code assignments
191 # Reserved ranges
193 # First Last Count Purpose
194 # 1 127 127 Reserved for Python standard library
195 # 128 191 64 Reserved for Zope
196 # 192 239 48 Reserved for 3rd parties
197 # 240 255 16 Reserved for private use (will never be assigned)
198 # 256 Inf Inf Reserved for future assignment
200 # Extension codes are assigned by the Python Software Foundation.