bpo-44676: Serialize the union type using only public API (GH-27323) (GH-27340)

Remove also the _from_args() constructor. (cherry picked from commit 435a033) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>

Author: miss-islington

Lib/copyreg.py

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ def pickle_complex(c):
 
  pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
 
+def pickle_union(obj):
+ import functools, operator
+ return functools.reduce, (operator.or_, obj.__args__)
+
+pickle(type(int | str), pickle_union)
+
 # Support for pickling new-style objects
 
 def _reconstructor(cls, base, state):

Lib/test/test_types.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from test.support import run_with_locale, cpython_only
 import collections.abc
 from collections import namedtuple
+import copy
 import gc
 import inspect
 import pickle
@@ -807,36 +808,20 @@ def eq(actual, expected, typed=True):
  eq(x[S], int | S | bytes)
 
  def test_union_pickle(self):
- alias = list[T] | int
- s = pickle.dumps(alias)
- loaded = pickle.loads(s)
- self.assertEqual(alias, loaded)
- self.assertEqual(alias.__args__, loaded.__args__)
- self.assertEqual(alias.__parameters__, loaded.__parameters__)
-
- def test_union_from_args(self):
- with self.assertRaisesRegex(
- TypeError,
- r"^Each union argument must be a type, got 1$",
- ):
- types.Union._from_args((1,))
-
- with self.assertRaisesRegex(
- TypeError,
- r"Union._from_args\(\) argument 'args' must be tuple, not int$",
- ):
- types.Union._from_args(1)
-
- with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, r"args must be not empty"):
- types.Union._from_args(())
-
- alias = types.Union._from_args((int, list[T], None))
-
- self.assertEqual(alias.__args__, (int, list[T], type(None)))
- self.assertEqual(alias.__parameters__, (T,))
-
- result = types.Union._from_args((int,))
- self.assertIs(int, result)
+ orig = list[T] | int
+ for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
+ s = pickle.dumps(orig, proto)
+ loaded = pickle.loads(s)
+ self.assertEqual(loaded, orig)
+ self.assertEqual(loaded.__args__, orig.__args__)
+ self.assertEqual(loaded.__parameters__, orig.__parameters__)
+
+ def test_union_copy(self):
+ orig = list[T] | int
+ for copied in (copy.copy(orig), copy.deepcopy(orig)):
+ self.assertEqual(copied, orig)
+ self.assertEqual(copied.__args__, orig.__args__)
+ self.assertEqual(copied.__parameters__, orig.__parameters__)
 
  def test_union_parameter_substitution_errors(self):
  T = typing.TypeVar("T")

Lib/typing.py

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def _eval_type(t, globalns, localns, recursive_guard=frozenset()):
  if isinstance(t, GenericAlias):
  return GenericAlias(t.__origin__, ev_args)
  if isinstance(t, types.Union):
- return types.Union._from_args(ev_args)
+ return functools.reduce(operator.or_, ev_args)
  else:
  return t.copy_with(ev_args)
  return t
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ def _strip_annotations(t):
  stripped_args = tuple(_strip_annotations(a) for a in t.__args__)
  if stripped_args == t.__args__:
  return t
- return types.Union._from_args(stripped_args)
+ return functools.reduce(operator.or_, stripped_args)
 
  return t
 

Objects/unionobject.c

@@ -235,21 +235,6 @@ is_unionable(PyObject *obj)
  _PyUnion_Check(obj));
 }
 
-static int
-is_args_unionable(PyObject *args)
-{
- Py_ssize_t nargs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args);
- for (Py_ssize_t iarg = 0; iarg < nargs; iarg++) {
- PyObject *arg = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, iarg);
- if (!is_unionable(arg)) {
- PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
- "Each union argument must be a type, got %.100R", arg);
- return 0;
- }
- }
- return 1;
-}
-
 PyObject *
 _Py_union_type_or(PyObject* self, PyObject* other)
 {
@@ -362,47 +347,14 @@ union_repr(PyObject *self)
  return NULL;
 }
 
-static PyObject *
-union_reduce(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
-{
- unionobject *alias = (unionobject *)self;
- PyObject* from_args = PyObject_GetAttrString(self, "_from_args");
- if (from_args == NULL) {
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return Py_BuildValue("N(O)", from_args, alias->args);
-}
-
 static PyMemberDef union_members[] = {
  {"__args__", T_OBJECT, offsetof(unionobject, args), READONLY},
  {0}
 };
 
-static PyObject *
-union_from_args(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
-{
- if (!PyTuple_CheckExact(args)) {
- _PyArg_BadArgument("Union._from_args", "argument 'args'", "tuple", args);
- return NULL;
- }
- if (!PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args)) {
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "args must be not empty");
- return NULL;
- }
-
- if (!is_args_unionable(args)) {
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return make_union(args);
-}
-
 static PyMethodDef union_methods[] = {
- {"_from_args", union_from_args, METH_O | METH_CLASS},
  {"__instancecheck__", union_instancecheck, METH_O},
  {"__subclasscheck__", union_subclasscheck, METH_O},
- {"__reduce__", union_reduce, METH_NOARGS},
  {0}};