_reduce(): Avoid infinite recursion in the pickler when self.__class__
doesn't have the _HEAPTYPE flag set, e.g. for time.struct_time and
posix.stat_result.
This fixes the immediate symptoms of SF bug #496873 (cPickle /
time.struct_time loop), replacing the infinite loop with an exception.
diff --git a/Lib/copy_reg.py b/Lib/copy_reg.py
index 92cbd53..8a3550a 100644
--- a/Lib/copy_reg.py
+++ b/Lib/copy_reg.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
if base is object:
state = None
else:
+ if base is self.__class__:
+ raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__
state = base(self)
args = (self.__class__, base, state)
try: