import copy_reg class C: pass try: copy_reg.pickle(C, None, None) except TypeError, e: print "Caught expected TypeError:" print e else: print "Failed to catch expected TypeError when registering a class type." print try: copy_reg.pickle(type(1), "not a callable") except TypeError, e: print "Caught expected TypeError:" print e else: print "Failed to catch TypeError " \ "when registering a non-callable reduction function." print try: copy_reg.pickle(type(1), int, "not a callable") except TypeError, e: print "Caught expected TypeError:" print e else: print "Failed to catch TypeError " \ "when registering a non-callable constructor."