id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	component	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
201	PyYAML cannot load set with an object of a class with custom __hash__	anonymous	xi	"I have a class of immutable objects with a hash that depends on creation-time arguments:
{{{
class Example(object):
    def __init__(self, name):
        self._name = name
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return isinstance(other, Example) and other._name == self._name
    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self._name)
    def __repr__(self):
        return ""Example(name={!r})"".format(self._name)
}}}
Unlike pickle, PyYAML is unable to load a set containing such an object:
{{{
>>> import pickle
>>> import yaml
>>> ex = Example('test')
>>> source = {ex}
>>> pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(ex))
Example(name='test')
>>> pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(source))
{Example(name='test')}
>>> yaml.load(yaml.dump(ex))
Example(name='test')
>>> yaml.load(yaml.dump(source))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""<stdin>"", line 1, in <module>
  File ""/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/yaml/__init__.py"", line 72, in load
    return loader.get_single_data()
  File ""/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py"", line 37, in get_single_data
    return self.construct_document(node)
  File ""/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py"", line 46, in construct_document
    for dummy in generator:
  File ""/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py"", line 384, in construct_yaml_set
    value = self.construct_mapping(node)
  File ""/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py"", line 204, in construct_mapping
    return super().construct_mapping(node, deep=deep)
  File ""/usr/lib64/python3.2/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py"", line 130, in construct_mapping
    mapping[key] = value
  File ""<stdin>"", line 7, in __hash__
AttributeError: 'Example' object has no attribute '_name'
}}}
The reason is probably that PyYAML tries to add the object to a set before restoring its attributes. It is easy to work around using {{{__getnewargs__}}} but unexpected as (a) pickle handles the situation correctly and (b) no documentation, either the pickle one or the pyyaml one, mentions the need to restore everything used for hashing with {{{__getnewargs__}}}.
So PyYAML probably should either deal correctly with this case, or at least have it mentioned in the documentation."	defect	new	normal	pyyaml	normal