Thanks for your reply
On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:02:55 AM UTC+2, Dieter Maurer wrote: > > The pickle interface is actually more complex and there are several > > ways an object can ensure picklability. For example, there is > > also a "__reduce__" method. I suppose, that "Exception" defines methods > > which trigger the use of an alternative picklability approach (different > > from "__getstate__/__setstate__"). You're right: Exception has __reduce__ & __reduce_ex__ methods. Always read carefully the manual ;-) I must override these methods. MC -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list