marshal.loads ValueError

[Benjamin Niemann]

Hello,

abcd wrote:

> I have the following code which is sent over the wire as a string...
> 
> from time import time
> class Foo:
>     def go(self):
>         print "Time:", time()
> 
> 
> I get this code and store it as, "data"
> 
> data = receivePythonSource()
> 
> Then I try...
> 
> exec marshal.loads(data) in my_module.__dict__
> 
> However I get an error saying:
> ValueError: invalid literal for __float__: om time import time
> class Foo:
>     def go(self):
> 
> ....almost like when I try to marshal and exec it misses the first two
> characters, "fr" ...any ideas?

marshal is used to (de)serialize python objects from/to strings.
marshal.loads() tries to deserialize an encoded string back into a python
object - which does not make sense here.
What you probably want is:

exec data in my_module.__dict__


HTH

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Benjamin Niemann
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