import pickle, cPickle

class Thing:
	def __init__(self,aname):
		print "Thing.__init__ name=",aname
		self.name=aname
	def __getattr__(self, attrname):
		self.name.trim()   # any method on the name attribute..->__getattr__ loop
		raise AttributeError()

def test(pickler):
	print "Creating t..."
	t=Thing("myname")
	try:
		print "Pickle t..."
		s=pickler.dumps(t)
		print "Restore t..."
		t2=pickler.loads(s)
		print "SUCCESS!!! name=",t2.name
	except Exception,x:
		print "FAIL!!! ",repr(x),str(x)

print "***pickle***"
test(pickle)

print "***cPickle***"
test(cPickle)