Commit 6a0a3684 authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

Fix-up docs for the copyreg module renaming.

parent 7a148c23
......@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example,
Classes can use the same interfaces to control copying that they use to control
pickling. See the description of module :mod:`pickle` for information on these
methods. The :mod:`copy` module does not use the :mod:`copy_reg` registration
methods. The :mod:`copy` module does not use the :mod:`copyreg` registration
module.
.. index::
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:mod:`copy_reg` --- Register :mod:`pickle` support functions
============================================================
:mod:`copyreg` --- Register :mod:`pickle` support functions
===========================================================
.. module:: copy_reg
:synopsis: Old name for the copyreg module.
.. module:: copyreg
:synopsis: Register pickle support functions.
.. note::
The :mod:`copy_reg` module has been renamed to `copyreg` in Python 3.0.
The :mod:`copy_reg` module has been renamed to :mod:`copyreg` in Python 3.0.
It is importable under both names in Python 2.6 and the rest of the 2.x
series.
.. index::
module: pickle
module: cPickle
module: copy
The :mod:`copy_reg` module provides support for the :mod:`pickle` and
The :mod:`copyreg` module provides support for the :mod:`pickle` and
:mod:`cPickle` modules. The :mod:`copy` module is likely to use this in the
future as well. It provides configuration information about object constructors
which are not classes. Such constructors may be factory functions or class
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......@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The list of modules described in this chapter is:
.. toctree::
pickle.rst
copy_reg.rst
copyreg.rst
shelve.rst
marshal.rst
anydbm.rst
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......@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ not :meth:`__reduce_ex__`, the :meth:`__reduce_ex__` implementation detects this
and calls :meth:`__reduce__`.
An alternative to implementing a :meth:`__reduce__` method on the object to be
pickled, is to register the callable with the :mod:`copy_reg` module. This
pickled, is to register the callable with the :mod:`copyreg` module. This
module provides a way for programs to register "reduction functions" and
constructors for user-defined types. Reduction functions have the same
semantics and interface as the :meth:`__reduce__` method described above, except
......@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ the same process or a new process. ::
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`copy_reg`
Module :mod:`copyreg`
Pickle interface constructor registration for extension types.
Module :mod:`shelve`
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