#17489: Add explanatory comment that __getstate__ is not called.

bitdancer · bitdancer · commit d9ebf4dc1f2a · 2013-04-02T13:10:52.000-04:00
We don't put coverage directives in the stdlib, but anyone looking at a
coverage report for Random should see the comment and understand why the lines
aren't covered.
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def setstate(self, state):
 
 ## -------------------- pickle support  -------------------
 
+    # Issue 17489: Since __reduce__ was defined to fix #759889 this is no
+    # longer called; we leave it here because it has been here since random was
+    # rewritten back in 2001 and why risk breaking something.
     def __getstate__(self): # for pickle
         return self.getstate()
 
