[Zope] array module and pickleing ques

[Aseem Mohanty]

some more info: the error:

Error Type: UnpickleableError
Error Value: Cannot pickle objects

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Traceback (innermost last):
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py , line 150, in 
publish_module
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py , line 114, in publish
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\Zope\__init__.py , line 158, in 
zpublisher_exception_hook
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py , line 102, in publish
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\Zope\__init__.py , line 172, in commit
 File f:\kandinsky\lib\python\Products\TransactionAgents\__init__.py , 
line 54, in new_commit
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\ZODB\Transaction.py , line 233, in commit
 File F:\KANDIN~1\lib\python\ZODB\Connection.py , line 345, in commit
   (Info: (('Products.RC2.RC2', 'RC2'), '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00h\xe1', 
''))
UnpickleableError: (see above)


I also tried the following in the python console:

Python 2.1.2 (#31, Jan 15 2002, 17:28:11) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import pickle, array, os
 >>> f= open('test','w')
 >>> x = array.array('H')
 >>> pickle.dump(x,f)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
 File "F:\KANDIN~1\bin\lib\pickle.py" , line 939, in dump
   Pickler(file, bin).dump(object)
 File "F:\KANDIN~1\bin\lib\pickle.py" , line 109, in dump
   self.save(object)
 File "F:\KANDIN~1\bin\lib\pickle.py" , line 171, in save
   raise PicklingError, \
pickle.PicklingError: can't pickle 'array' object: array('H')
 >>>

The problem is that I NEED that array sizes to be 1 or 2 bytes  and I 
dont know how to get around this problem without arrays.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA
AM

Aseem Mohanty wrote:

> why does a call to array.array() cause an unpickleable error??
>
> the pickle docs on the python site dont mention anything about arrays, 
> nor do the array docs mention about pickling.
>
> i have a feeling that it might be because of the fact that arrays are 
> dynamic data structures and thus the pickler doesnt really know about 
> its limits (of course I could be totally and miserably  wrong) i 
> couldnt find anything in the docs to support my 'feeling' and the 
> source is kind of above my current level of expertise in python
>
> any help would be appreciated or i am doomed to a major rewrite....
>
> the source in my product that causes the error :
>
> self.K=array.array('H')
> self.L=array.array('B')
> self.R=array.array('H')
>
> TIA
> AM
>

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