[IPython-dev] [Fwd: [afayolle at debian.org: Bug#374625: python2.3-ipython: help built-in function does not work]]

[Ville Vainio]

On 8/10/06, Ville Vainio <vivainio at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I honestly don't remember the exact details, but it's there to protect
> > against some bugs which were reported a while back with users pickling
> > and unpickling normal data during an interactive session, not
> > necessarily ipython-specific variables or macros.
>
> I'll try to look for the rationale for FakeModule tonight; I have a
> faint memory that it was introduced after %store, so that user was
> warned properly when trying %store instances of classes declared
> interactively.

The attached patch inherits FakeModule from types.ModuleType and fixes
the reported problem;  unfortunately, this implies that the __dict__
of the module can't point directly at user_ns, which MIGHT break some
stuff; take a look at it and tell me what you think.

Note that you'll need to do

svn merge -r HEAD:1570

to revert your monkeypatching fix.

-- 
Ville Vainio - vivainio.googlepages.com
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