if isinstance(state, tuple) and len(state) == 2:
state, slotstate = state
if state:
- inst.__dict__.update(state)
+ d = inst.__dict__
+ intern = sys.intern
+ try:
+ for k, v in state.items():
+ d[intern(k)] = v
+ # keys in state don't have to be strings
+ # don't blow up, but don't go out of our way
+ except TypeError:
+ d.update(state)
if slotstate:
for k, v in slotstate.items():
setattr(inst, k, v)
"Failed protocol %d: %r != %r"
% (proto, obj, loaded))
+ def test_attribute_name_interning(self):
+ # Test that attribute names of pickled objects are interned when
+ # unpickling.
+ for proto in protocols:
+ x = C()
+ x.foo = 42
+ x.bar = "hello"
+ s = self.dumps(x, proto)
+ y = self.loads(s)
+ x_keys = sorted(x.__dict__)
+ y_keys = sorted(y.__dict__)
+ for x_key, y_key in zip(x_keys, y_keys):
+ self.assertIs(x_key, y_key)
+
# Test classes for reduce_ex
class REX_one(object):
Library
-------
+- Issue #5084: unpickling now interns the attribute names of pickled objects,
+ saving memory and avoiding growth in size of subsequent pickles. Proposal
+ and original patch by Jake McGuire.
+
- The json module now works exclusively with str and not bytes.
- Issue #3959: The ipaddr module has been added to the standard library.
/* Set inst.__dict__ from the state dict (if any). */
if (state != Py_None) {
PyObject *dict;
+ PyObject *d_key, *d_value;
+ Py_ssize_t i;
if (!PyDict_Check(state)) {
PyErr_SetString(UnpicklingError, "state is not a dictionary");
if (dict == NULL)
goto error;
- PyDict_Update(dict, state);
+ i = 0;
+ while (PyDict_Next(state, &i, &d_key, &d_value)) {
+ /* normally the keys for instance attributes are
+ interned. we should try to do that here. */
+ Py_INCREF(d_key);
+ if (PyUnicode_CheckExact(d_key))
+ PyUnicode_InternInPlace(&d_key);
+ if (PyObject_SetItem(dict, d_key, d_value) < 0) {
+ Py_DECREF(d_key);
+ goto error;
+ }
+ Py_DECREF(d_key);
+ }
Py_DECREF(dict);
}