Re: [Python-Dev] backwards and forwards compatibility, the exact contents of pickle files, and IntEnum

2015-03-15 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:52:17 -0700 Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote: I'm not sure exactly how to phrase this inquiry, so please bear with me. What exactly does backwards compatibility mean as far as pickle goes? We have the various protocols, we have the contents of pickle files

Re: [Python-Dev] backwards and forwards compatibility, the exact contents of pickle files, and IntEnum

2015-03-15 Thread Ethan Furman
[1] The second option hasn't been coded yet, but the first one has. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] backwards and forwards compatibility, the exact contents of pickle files, and IntEnum

2015-03-15 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
On 15.03.15 07:52, Ethan Furman wrote: So how do we fix it? There are a couple different options: - modify IntEnum pickle methods to return the name only - modify IntEnum pickle methods to pickle just like the int they represent The first option has the advantage that in 3.4 and above,

Re: [Python-Dev] backwards and forwards compatibility, the exact contents of pickle files, and IntEnum

2015-03-15 Thread Glenn Linderman
On 3/14/2015 10:52 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: I'm not sure exactly how to phrase this inquiry, so please bear with me. What exactly does backwards compatibility mean as far as pickle goes? We have the various protocols, we have the contents of pickle files created at those protocols, and we have

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

2015-03-15 Thread Nick Coghlan
Huzzah! Thanks for working on this one folks, it should make the zipfile execution support much easier for current and future Python users to discover :) Cheers, Nick. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org