From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 18:35:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Slight update of doc string -- suggest default args for __init__, no
X-Git-Tag: v1.4b2~13
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=37a6f16d2ec04facf3225e05972b42ed7ece1407;p=python

Slight update of doc string -- suggest default args for __init__, no
longer complain that __getinitargs__ is an ugly name.
---

diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index dde3dee525..a481fc7fce 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -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