[ZODB-Dev] Persistent object has empty __dict__ for a little while

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 06:37:31PM -0500, Jim Fulton wrote:
> __dict__ is a special variable. Accessing it doesn't cause an object
> to be activated.
> 
> Rather than doing:
> 
>    clone.__dict__.update(field.__dict__)
> 
> I would do:
> 
>    clone.__setstate__(field.__getstate__)

Nitpick:

     clone.__setstate__(field.__getstate__())

> Alternatively, you can assure that field is acticated first, using
> _p_activate or by accessing an
> attribute.

Regards,
Marius Gedminas
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