From 47065620f2f83e9b97fc014a14e7d5db6b621c46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:44:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] support module for cPickle

---
 Lib/copy_reg.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Lib/copy_reg.py

diff --git a/Lib/copy_reg.py b/Lib/copy_reg.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..209eab501d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/copy_reg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+dispatch_table = {}
+safe_constructors = {}
+
+def pickle(ob_type, pickle_function, constructor_ob = None):
+    dispatch_table[ob_type] = pickle_function
+
+    if (constructor_ob is not None):
+        constructor(constructor_ob)
+
+def constructor(object):
+    safe_constructors[object] = 1
+
+def pickle_complex(c):
+    return complex,(c.real, c.imag)
+
+pickle(type(1j),pickle_complex,complex)
+