From: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:10:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Patch #750595: Refer to type complex using builtin. Fixes #595837.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~524
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=502ba4630358423dc3da4da0f3f938d3cb56281f;p=python

Patch #750595: Refer to type complex using builtin. Fixes #595837.
Backported to 2.2.
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diff --git a/Lib/copy_reg.py b/Lib/copy_reg.py
index 2ebafc736b..0477bcb541 100644
--- a/Lib/copy_reg.py
+++ b/Lib/copy_reg.py
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ def constructor(object):
 
 # Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.
 
-def pickle_complex(c):
-    return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
+try:
+    complex
+except NameError:
+    pass
+else:
 
-pickle(type(1j), pickle_complex, complex)
+    def pickle_complex(c):
+        return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
+
+    pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
 
 # Support for pickling new-style objects