[ZODB-Dev] ZODB alternate serialization format patch

[Jim Fulton]

On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:21 AM, Shane Hathaway wrote:

> Jim and ZODB Developers,
>
> I have just created a patch for ZODB that makes the object  
> serialization format pluggable, meaning that it should now be  
> possible to write Python code that causes ZODB to store in formats  
> other than Python pickles.
>
> I have created two versions of the patch, one for ZODB 3.8 and one  
> for the ZODB trunk:
>
> http://svn.zope.org/Sandbox/shane/serialization-format-ZODB-3-8.patch?view=markup
> http://svn.zope.org/Sandbox/shane/serialization-format-ZODB-trunk.patch?view=markup
>
> In addition to making the data format pluggable, the patch puts most  
> of ZODB's dependencies on the cPickle module in one place, so now if  
> we decide to improve our usage of the cPickle module, we can make  
> that change in one place rather than several.  Revision 92821, for  
> example, probably would have required a change to only one module.
>
> Revision 92821: http://svn.zope.org/ZODB/trunk?rev=92821&view=rev
>
> How would you feel about including this in ZODB 3.9?

I'll look at it and let you know.

>  Note that this is completely distinct from the shane-poll- 
> invalidations branch that RelStorage needs, although the two patches  
> are intended to be complementary.

OK.  I still need to review that branch.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation