On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > On 11/3/10 10:53 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > >> The problem is that there is no unittest.loader in 2.4, and >> unittest.loader.TestLoader is the name that the 2.7 pickle creates. We >> see this problem every time we try and move anything in the stdlib. > > And BTW: for me, this is the strongest reason not to break up modules into > packages or otherwise reorganize the stdlib.
This is the strongest reason why I recommend to everyone I know that they not use pickle for storage they'd like to keep working after upgrades [not just of stdlib, but other 3rd party software or their own software]. :) James _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
