[Stackless] Fwd: deepcopying (pickling) channels
Kristján Valur Jónsson
kristjan at ccpgames.com
Fri Oct 11 17:44:41 CEST 2013
Ok, this makes sense. What you are seeing is the failure to pickle inaccessible functions inside the wingware debugger. It is the debug callback frame that is failing, and this frame contains local variables, including "has_key" that point to anonymous functions. Anonymous functions cannot (currently) be pickled, since all functions are (currently) pikled by name.
I suppose we _could_ add function recreation (i.e. pickle the code objects) in such cases....
But anyway, the reason you are failing is because you are running inside the debugger :)
K
From: stackless-bounces at stackless.com [mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com] On Behalf Of Kristján Valur Jónsson
Sent: 11. október 2013 14:48
To: The Stackless Python Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stackless] Fwd: deepcopying (pickling) channels
Ok, running this in the wingware debugger, I see this is happening because it is trying to pickle the debugging frame!
I need to investigate more what Is happening, but functions cannot be pickled if they are not accessible by name, and some of the debugging code internal functions might be anonymous.
Stackless can pickle frames and functions, as long as those functions are pickleable by name, IIRC.
K
From: stackless-bounces at stackless.com<mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com> [mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com] On Behalf Of Kristján Valur Jónsson
Sent: 11. október 2013 11:21
To: The Stackless Python Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stackless] Fwd: deepcopying (pickling) channels
"I run this with the default settings in wing IDE. If i run it in IDLE, there is no exception."
That sounds like the problem.
Boy, do I hate how hard it is to debug pickling problems. for "pickle" we really should have a flag that prints out the hierarchy as it is pickling.
Maybe someone has already done that?
Anyway, I'll install Wingware and see if I can reproduce it there. I'm sure wingware is messing with pickling in some unexpected way.
(I'm unfamiliar with wingware, btw. If you feel up to it, try putting debugging code inside pickle.py to dump out what it is doing, that might be faster. I would guess that it is doing something with the copy_reg module and this is messing with our function pickling.
K
From: stackless-bounces at stackless.com<mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com> [mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com] On Behalf Of lars van Gemerden
Sent: 10. október 2013 15:24
To: The Stackless Python Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stackless] Fwd: deepcopying (pickling) channels
the callstack is:
pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: it's not found as __builtin__.function
File "d:\Documents\Code\python\floware\toolshed\tests\stackless_test.py", line 34, in <module>
print pickle.dumps(t) #ERROR
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 1411, in dumps
Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 231, in dump
self.save(obj)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 338, in save
self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 426, in save_reduce
save(state)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 661, in save_dict
self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 675, in _batch_setitems
save(v)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 338, in save
self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 426, in save_reduce
save(state)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 569, in save_tuple
save(element)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 607, in save_list
self._batch_appends(iter(obj))
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 622, in _batch_appends
save(x)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 338, in save
self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 426, in save_reduce
save(state)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 569, in save_tuple
save(element)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 607, in save_list
self._batch_appends(iter(obj))
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 622, in _batch_appends
save(x)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 338, in save
self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 426, in save_reduce
save(state)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 569, in save_tuple
save(element)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 661, in save_dict
self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 675, in _batch_setitems
save(v) <== THIS LINE
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 802, in save_function
return self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 426, in save_reduce
save(state)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 569, in save_tuple
save(element)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 661, in save_dict
self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 675, in _batch_setitems
save(v)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 338, in save
self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 426, in save_reduce
save(state)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 661, in save_dict
self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 675, in _batch_setitems
save(v)
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 293, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 760, in save_global
(obj, module, name))
Probably not that usefull without values ... in THIS LINE above, v is module C:\python27\lib\new.pyc.
I don't think there is a framework in place that would influence this script, the imports (pickle, stackless) are unaltered.
I run this with the default settings in wing IDE. If i run it in IDLE, there is no exception.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Kristján Valur Jónsson <kristjan at ccpgames.com<mailto:kristjan at ccpgames.com>> wrote:
The error is weird. It seems to be trying to pickle the "function" type. It shouldn't try doing that.
Now, I know that pickling channels with tasklets on them works. This is what stackless does.
I tried saving your code into a module and just running it from the command line.
I wonder if there is some copy_reg magic that is interfering with the code. How are you running it? Is this when running the code as a module, or when typing it in from the console?
Are you trying this in a stand-alone environment or in some application framework?
Finally, can I see the full traceback for the pickle exception. If you are using pickle (and not cPickle) a traceback can help us find out why it is failing.
K
From: stackless-bounces at stackless.com<mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com> [mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com<mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com>] On Behalf Of lars van Gemerden
Sent: 9. október 2013 12:48
To: The Stackless Python Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Stackless] Fwd: deepcopying (pickling) channels
Hi Kristjan,
the version i am using is: python 2.7.5 Stackless 3.1b3 (from binary).
I think the stackless mailsystem was a little off, i tried with pickle.dumps (see mail history below), with the error: pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: it's not found as __builtin__.function.
"stackless.run() returns when there are no runnable tasklets ...", ok, clear, thanks.
Cheers, Lars
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:36 PM, lars van Gemerden <lars at rational-it.com<mailto:lars at rational-it.com>> wrote:
I am reasonably familiar with pickle (e.g. i know you cant pickle most functions), but this is pretty stackless specific: why can i pickle an empty channel, but not a sending/receiving channel?
Cheers, Lars
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Anselm Kruis <a.kruis at science-computing.de<mailto:a.kruis at science-computing.de>> wrote:
Hi Lars,
you are observing well known deficiencies of the pickle/cPickle implementation of Python. Perhaps sPickle (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sPickle) can pickle the channels.
Regards
Anselm
Am 06.10.2013 08<tel:06.10.2013%2008>:58, schrieb lars van Gemerden:
maybe double but i got a mail bounce ..
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From: lars van Gemerden <lars at rational-it.com<mailto:lars at rational-it.com>>
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Stackless] deepcopying (pickling) channels
To: The Stackless Python Mailing List <stackless at stackless.com<mailto:stackless at stackless.com>>
actually both give an error. The only thing different is the error message.
with pickle the code would be:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
import stackless, pickle
class Test(object):
def __init__(self):
self.channel = stackless.channel()
def run(self):
stackless.tasklet(self.sender)()
stackless.tasklet(self.receiver)()
stackless.run()
def sender(self):
counter = 0
while counter < 10:
self.channel.send(counter)
counter += 1
def receiver(self):
counter = 0
while counter < 12:
counter = self.channel.receive()
print counter,
print "done"
if __name__ == "__main__":
t = Test()
t.run()
t.channel = None
s = pickle.dumps(t) #OK
t = Test()
t.run()
s = pickle.dumps(t) #ERROR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
and the error:
pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.function
otherwise the error behavior is the same as decribed above.
Cheers, Lars
(as far as i have read and tested a bit, deepcopy allows more to be copied
then pickle, but cPickle is faster, so i have my own deepcopy:
def deepcopy(obj):
try:
return cPickle.loads(cPickle.dumps(obj, -1))
except PicklingError:
return copy.deepcopy(obj)
)
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Richard Tew <richard.m.tew at gmail.com<mailto:richard.m.tew at gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm a little confused. Are you pickling the tasklets, or copying
them? These are different things to Python.
As far as I know using copy or deepcopy has never been supported for
tasklets and therefore channels.
Pickling however, is another matter.
Cheers,
Richard.
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maybe double but i got a mail bounce ..
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From: *lars van Gemerden* <lars at rational-it.com<mailto:lars at rational-it.com>
<mailto:lars at rational-it.com<mailto:lars at rational-it.com>>>
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Stackless] deepcopying (pickling) channels
To: The Stackless Python Mailing List <stackless at stackless.com<mailto:stackless at stackless.com>
<mailto:stackless at stackless.com<mailto:stackless at stackless.com>>>
actually both give an error. The only thing different is the error
message. with pickle the code would be:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
import stackless, pickle
class Test(object):
def __init__(self):
self.channel = stackless.channel()
def run(self):
stackless.tasklet(self.sender)()
stackless.tasklet(self.receiver)()
stackless.run()
def sender(self):
counter = 0
while counter < 10:
self.channel.send(counter)
counter += 1
def receiver(self):
counter = 0
while counter < 12:
counter = self.channel.receive()
print counter,
print "done"
if __name__ == "__main__":
t = Test()
t.run()
t.channel = None
s = pickle.dumps(t) #OK
t = Test()
t.run()
s = pickle.dumps(t) #ERROR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
and the error:
pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.function
otherwise the error behavior is the same as decribed above.
Cheers, Lars
(as far as i have read and tested a bit, deepcopy allows more to be
copied then pickle, but cPickle is faster, so i have my own deepcopy:
def deepcopy(obj):
try:
return cPickle.loads(cPickle.dumps(obj, -1))
except PicklingError:
return copy.deepcopy(obj)
)
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Richard Tew <richard.m.tew at gmail.com<mailto:richard.m.tew at gmail.com>
<mailto:richard.m.tew at gmail.com<mailto:richard.m.tew at gmail.com>>> wrote:
I'm a little confused. Are you pickling the tasklets, or copying
them? These are different things to Python.
As far as I know using copy or deepcopy has never been supported for
tasklets and therefore channels.
Pickling however, is another matter.
Cheers,
Richard.
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