[Python-bugs-list] cPickle.loads('hello') GPF's (PR#46)

Guido van Rossum guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US
Thu, 05 Aug 1999 00:33:35 -0400


> Python 1.5.2 (#0, Apr 13 1999, 10:51:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]
> 
> The following 2-line Python program will cause a GPF (General Protection
> Fault):
> 
> from cPickle import loads
> loads('hello')
> 
> I expected an exception to be raised instead.

Joel,

Thanks for your bug report.  This has already been fixed in our
codebase, see the CVS repository, cPickle.c rev. 2.37.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)