Fixed #20212 - __reduce__ should only be defined for Py3+.

django/utils/functional.py

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import sys
 
 from django.utils import six
 
+try:
+    import copyreg
+except ImportError:
+    import copy_reg as copyreg
+
 
 # You can't trivially replace this with `functools.partial` because this binds
 # to classes and returns bound instances, whereas functools.partial (on
@@ -323,15 +328,23 @@ class SimpleLazyObject(LazyObject):
             self._setup()
         return self._wrapped.__dict__
 
-    # Python 3.3 will call __reduce__ when pickling; these methods are needed
-    # to serialize and deserialize correctly. They are not called in earlier
-    # versions of Python.
+    # Python 3.3 will call __reduce__ when pickling; this method is needed
+    # to serialize and deserialize correctly.
     @classmethod
     def __newobj__(cls, *args):
         return cls.__new__(cls, *args)
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
+    def __reduce_ex__(self, proto):
+        if proto >= 2:
+            # On Py3, since the default protocol is 3, pickle uses the
+            # ``__newobj__`` method (& more efficient opcodes) for writing.
             return (self.__newobj__, (self.__class__,), self.__getstate__())
+        else:
+            # On Py2, the default protocol is 0 (for back-compat) & the above
+            # code fails miserably (see regression test). Instead, we return
+            # exactly what's returned if there's no ``__reduce__`` method at
+            # all.
+            return (copyreg._reconstructor, (self.__class__, object, None), self.__getstate__())
 
     # Return a meaningful representation of the lazy object for debugging
     # without evaluating the wrapped object.

tests/utils_tests/test_simplelazyobject.py

@@ -161,3 +161,25 @@ class TestUtilsSimpleLazyObject(TestCase):
         self.assertNotEqual(lazy1, lazy3)
         self.assertTrue(lazy1 != lazy3)
         self.assertFalse(lazy1 != lazy2)
+
+    def test_pickle_py2_regression(self):
+        from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+        # See ticket #20212
+        user = User.objects.create_user('johndoe', 'john@example.com', 'pass')
+        x = SimpleLazyObject(lambda: user)
+
+        # This would fail with "TypeError: can't pickle instancemethod objects",
+        # only on Python 2.X.
+        pickled = pickle.dumps(x)
+
+        # Try the variant protocol levels.
+        pickled = pickle.dumps(x, 0)
+        pickled = pickle.dumps(x, 1)
+        pickled = pickle.dumps(x, 2)
+
+        if not six.PY3:
+            import cPickle
+
+            # This would fail with "TypeError: expected string or Unicode object, NoneType found".
+            pickled = cPickle.dumps(x)