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import pickle
import pywikibot

p = pywikibot.Page(pywikibot.Site('de'), 'user:Xqt/Test')
laFile = open('la.data', 'wb')
pickle.dump(p, laFile)
laFile.close()

causes the following error in core whereas it works in compat:


c:\Pywikipedia\core>pwb.py la2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Pywikipedia\core\pwb.py", line 143, in <module>
    run_python_file(fn, argv, argvu)
  File "C:\Pywikipedia\core\pwb.py", line 67, in run_python_file
    exec(compile(source, filename, "exec"), main_mod.__dict__)
  File "C:\Pywikipedia\core\scripts\la2.py", line 9, in <module>
    pickle.dump(p, laFile)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 1370, in dump
    Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 224, in dump
    self.save(obj)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 331, in save
    self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 419, in save_reduce
    save(state)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 286, in save
    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 649, in save_dict
    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 663, in _batch_setitems
    save(v)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 331, in save
    self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 419, in save_reduce
    save(state)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 286, in save
    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 649, in save_dict
    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 663, in _batch_setitems
    save(v)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 331, in save
    self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 419, in save_reduce
    save(state)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 286, in save
    f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 649, in save_dict
    self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 663, in _batch_setitems
    save(v)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pickle.py", line 306, in save
    rv = reduce(self.proto)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\copy_reg.py", line 70, in _reduce_ex
    raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__
TypeError: can't pickle lock objects
<type 'exceptions.TypeError'>
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