r'''>>> import getting_started3 >>> import re >>> import pickle >>> getting_started3.world.__module__ 'getting_started3' >>> getting_started3.world.__safe_for_unpickling__ 1 >>> getting_started3.world.__reduce__() 'world' >>> assert re.match( ... "\(, \('Hello',\), \(0,\)\)", ... repr(getting_started3.world('Hello').__reduce__())) >>> >>> for number in (24, 42): ... wd = getting_started3.world('California') ... wd.set_secret_number(number) ... pstr = pickle.dumps(wd) ... print pstr ... wl = pickle.loads(pstr) ... print wd.greet(), wd.get_secret_number() ... print wl.greet(), wl.get_secret_number() cgetting_started3 world p0 (S'California' p1 tp2 R(I24 tp3 bp4 . Hello from California! 24 Hello from California! 24 cgetting_started3 world p0 (S'California' p1 tp2 R(I42 tp3 bp4 . Hello from California! 42 Hello from California! 0 ''' def run(args = None): if args is not None: import sys sys.argv = args import doctest, test_getting_started3 doctest.testmod(test_getting_started3) if __name__ == '__main__': run()