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Slight update of doc string -- suggest default args for __init__, no 

longer complain that __getinitargs__ is an ugly name.
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Guido van Rossum 1996-08-08 18:35:22 +00:00
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@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ There are some restrictions on the pickling of class instances.
First of all, the class must be defined at the top level in a module.
Next, it must normally be possible to create class instances by calling
the class without arguments. If this is undesirable, the class can
define a method __getinitargs__ (XXX not a pretty name!), which should
return a *tuple* containing the arguments to be passed to the class
Next, it must normally be possible to create class instances by
calling the class without arguments. Usually, this is best
accomplished by providing default values for all arguments to its
__init__ method (if it has one). If this is undesirable, the
class can define a method __getinitargs__, which should return a
*tuple* containing the arguments to be passed to the class
constructor.
Classes can influence how their instances are pickled -- if the class defines