[Python-ideas] Serializable method

[anatoly techtonik]

Improve documentation to point users to JSON module?
http://docs.python.org/library/json.html

I didn't make any analysis if it is secure, but it seems a good starting point.
The API seems a little hackish - perhaps there should be a recipe book.

There is also http://home.gna.org/oomadness/en/cerealizer/index.html linked
from comments on this pickle insecurity research that can be handy
http://nadiana.com/python-pickle-insecure
--
anatoly t.



On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> So what's your proposal)
>
> --Guido van Rossum (sent from Android phone)
>
> On Mar 9, 2012 2:38 PM, "anatoly techtonik" <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Pickle is insecure, unfortunately, so a generic module to serialize
>> and unserialize Python objects (or data containers) securely, without
>> the need of constructor, would be awesome. However, magical methods
>> are evil. It will be hard to find the source of error if the logic in
>> your magic level fail.
>> --
>> anatoly t.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Jakob Bowyer <jkbbwr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Another occasion I should have read the docs :L
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:05:51PM +0000, Jakob Bowyer wrote:
>> >> > I think that object should provide an __serializable__ method which
>> >> > in-turn
>> >> > allows the user to define in it how the object is to be serialized,
>> >> > the
>> >> > default operation should be something along the lines of  return
>> >> > self.__dict__
>> >>
>> >>   Do you mean __getstate__?
>> >> http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html#the-pickle-protocol
>> >>
>> >> Oleg.
>> >> --
>> >>     Oleg Broytman            http://phdru.name/
>> >>  phd at phdru.name
>> >>           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
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