django/tests/utils_tests/test_simplelazyobject.py

import pickle

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.test import TestCase
from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject


class TestUtilsSimpleLazyObjectDjangoTestCase(TestCase):

    def test_pickle_py2_regression(self):
        # 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.
        pickle.dumps(x)

        # Try the variant protocol levels.
        pickle.dumps(x, 0)
        pickle.dumps(x, 1)
        pickle.dumps(x, 2)