dill fails to pickle classes with super, if byref=False about dill HOT 11 CLOSED

>>> pickle.dumps(obj)
"ccopy_reg\n_reconstructor\np0\n(c__main__\nInheritsList\np1\ncdill.dill\n_load_type\np2\n(S'ListType'\np3\ntp4\nRp5\n(lp6\nS'string'\np7\natp8\nRp9\n."
>>> 
>>> dill.dumps(obj, byref=True)
'\x80\x02c__main__\nInheritsList\nq\x00)\x81q\x01U\x06stringq\x02a}q\x03b.'
>>> 
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(obj, byref=True))
['string']

>>> dill.dumps(obj, byref=False)
'\x80\x02cdill.dill\n_create_type\nq\x00(cdill.dill\n_load_type\nq\x01U\x08TypeTypeq\x02\x85q\x03Rq\x04U\x0cInheritsListq\x05h\x01U\x08ListTypeq\x06\x85q\x07Rq\x08\x85q\t}q\n(U\r__slotnames__q\x0b]q\x0cU\n__module__q\rU\x08__main__q\x0eU\x08__init__q\x0fh\x01U\x0cFunctionTypeq\x10\x85q\x11Rq\x12(cdill.dill\n_unmarshal\nq\x13U\x94c\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00C\x00\x00\x00s\x17\x00\x00\x00t\x00\x00t\x01\x00|\x00\x00\x83\x02\x00j\x02\x00\x83\x00\x00\x01d\x00\x00S(\x01\x00\x00\x00N(\x03\x00\x00\x00t\x05\x00\x00\x00supert\x0c\x00\x00\x00InheritsListt\x08\x00\x00\x00__init__(\x01\x00\x00\x00t\x04\x00\x00\x00self(\x00\x00\x00\x00(\x00\x00\x00\x00s\x07\x00\x00\x00<stdin>R\x02\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00s\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01q\x14\x85q\x15Rq\x16c__builtin__\n__main__\nh\x0fNNtq\x17Rq\x18U\x07__doc__q\x19U\x04blahq\x1aU\x06appendq\x1bh\x12(h\x13U\x9dc\x02\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00C\x00\x00\x00s\x1a\x00\x00\x00t\x00\x00t\x01\x00|\x00\x00\x83\x02\x00j\x02\x00|\x01\x00\x83\x01\x00\x01d\x00\x00S(\x01\x00\x00\x00N(\x03\x00\x00\x00t\x05\x00\x00\x00supert\x0c\x00\x00\x00InheritsListt\x06\x00\x00\x00append(\x02\x00\x00\x00t\x04\x00\x00\x00selft\x03\x00\x00\x00obj(\x00\x00\x00\x00(\x00\x00\x00\x00s\x07\x00\x00\x00<stdin>R\x02\x00\x00\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00s\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01q\x1c\x85q\x1dRq\x1ec__builtin__\n__main__\nh\x1bNNtq\x1fRq utq!Rq")\x81q#U\x06stringq$a}q%b.'
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(obj, byref=False))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/mmckerns/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dill-0.2b2.dev-py2.7.egg/dill/dill.py", line 138, in loads
    return load(file)
  File "/Users/mmckerns/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dill-0.2b2.dev-py2.7.egg/dill/dill.py", line 131, in load
    obj = pik.load()
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 858, in load
    dispatch[key](self)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1182, in load_append
    list.append(value)
  File "<stdin>", line 6, in append
TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type
>>> 

>>> class Bar(list):
...   def __init__(self):
...     super(Bar, self).__init__()
... 
>>> b = Bar() 
>>> 
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(Bar))
<class '__main__.Bar'>
>>> 
>>> Bar.mro()
[<class '__main__.Bar'>, <type 'list'>, <type 'object'>]
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(Bar)).mro()
[<class '__main__.Bar'>, <type 'list'>, <type 'object'>]
>>>
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(b))
[]
>>> 
>>> b.append('foo')
>>> b
['foo']
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(b))
['foo']

>>> class Foo(list):
...   def __init__(self):
...     super(Foo, self).__init__()
...   def count(self, obj):
…     return super(Foo, self).count(obj)
... 
>>> f = Foo()
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(Foo))
<class '__main__.Foo'>
>>> 
>>> f.extend([1,2,3])
>>> f
[1, 2, 3]
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(f))
[1, 2, 3]
>>> f.count(2)
1
>>> dill.loads(dill.dumps(f)).count(2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 5, in count
TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type

>>> class Test(list):
...   def append(self, obj):
...     super(Test, self).append(obj)
... 
>>> t = Test()
>>> t.append('foo')
>>> 
>>> class Test(list):
...   def append(me, obj):
...     super(Test, me).append(obj)
... 
>>> t.append('bar')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in append
TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type

def find_class(self, module, name):
    # Subclasses may override this
    __import__(module)
    mod = sys.modules[module]
    klass = getattr(mod, name)
    return klass

>>> isinstance(f, Foo)
False
>>> f.__class__ = Foo
>>> isinstance(f, Foo)
True
>>> f.count(2)
1

>>> import __main__ as _main_module
>>> isinstance(f, Foo)
False
>>> f.__class__ = _main_module.Foo
>>> isinstance(f, Foo)
True
>>> f.count(2)
1

obj.__class__ = getattr(_main_module, type(obj).__name__)

> class List_Wrap(list):
>     def __init__(self):
>         super(List_Wrap,self).__init__()
>         return
> def test_dill():
>     a_dill=dill.dumps(List_Wrap)
>     AB=dill.loads(a_dill)
>     AB()
>     return

   super(List_Wrap,self).__init__()
TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type

globals()[AB.__name__] = AB