Object serialization: transfer from a to b (non-implemented code on b)

[Gabriel Rossetti]

Andreas Löscher wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 14.04.2010, 11:33 +0200 schrieb Gabriel Rossetti:
>   
>> Paul Rubin wrote:
>>     
>>> Gabriel Rossetti <gabriel.rossetti at arimaz.com> writes:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I am trying to serialize a function, class, etc and transfer it
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You mean the actual code?  You have to use marshal rather than pickle,
>>> the Python versions have to be the same at both ends, and you better
>>> have some kind of authenticated transport to stop malicious code from
>>> getting accepted and run by the receiving end.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes, but I wasn't able to marshal/unmarshal them correctly as shown in 
>> my examples
>>     
>
> The marshal module can be used to dump the Code of an Function (or
> anything else), like you have done. If you have the Code, you can
> reconstruct the function.
>
>   
>>>> import types
>>>> import marshal
>>>> def a(): pass
>>>>         
> ... 
>   
>>>> s=marshal.dumps(a.__code__)
>>>> f=types.FunctionType(marshal.loads(s), {})
>>>> f
>>>>         
> <function a at 0x7f6308a66de8>
>
> The second parameter is the global scoop of the function.
>
> If you want to marshal a class, things get a little more complicated,
> because these consist of many code objects and you also need the code 
> to assemble them together.
>
> There are two easy ways I can think of right now:
>
> 1.
> Send the string of the code you want to transfer:
>   
>>>> s="""class A: pass"""
>>>>         
>
> and then:
>   
>>>> exec(s) in globals()
>>>>         
>
> 2.
> Encapsule the stuff you want to send in a function.
>
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
>   
Thanks Andreas, I'll give that a try. I didn't really want to do the 
string method which is why I was trying to serialize.

best,
Gabriel