Make pickle version for python_memcache_serializer adjustable

docs/getting_started.rst

@@ -43,17 +43,45 @@ Serialization
              return value, 1
          return json.dumps(value), 2
 
-    def json_deserializer(key, value, flags):
+     def json_deserializer(key, value, flags):
         if flags == 1:
             return value
         if flags == 2:
             return json.loads(value)
         raise Exception("Unknown serialization format")
 
-    client = Client(('localhost', 11211), serializer=json_serializer,
-                    deserializer=json_deserializer)
-    client.set('key', {'a':'b', 'c':'d'})
-    result = client.get('key')
+     client = Client(('localhost', 11211), serializer=json_serializer,
+                     deserializer=json_deserializer)
+     client.set('key', {'a':'b', 'c':'d'})
+     result = client.get('key')
+
+pymemcache provides a default
+`pickle <https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html>`_-based serializer:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from pymemcache.client.base import Client
+    from pymemcache import serde
+
+    class Foo(object):
+      pass
+
+    client = Client(('localhost', 11211),
+        serializer=serde.python_memcache_serializer,
+        deserializer=serde.python_memcache_deserializer)
+    client.set('key', Foo())
+    result client.get('key')
+
+The serializer uses the highest pickle protocol available. In order to make
+sure multiple versions of Python can read the protocol version, you can specify
+the version with :code:`get_python_memcache_serializer`
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    client = Client(('localhost', 11211),
+        serializer=serde.get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=2),
+        deserializer=serde.python_memcache_deserializer)
+
 
 Deserialization with python3
 ----------------------------

pymemcache/serde.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from functools import partial
 import logging
 from io import BytesIO
 import six
@@ -30,16 +31,16 @@
 FLAG_COMPRESSED = 1 << 3  # unused, to main compatibility with python-memcached
 FLAG_TEXT = 1 << 4
 
-# Pickle protocol version (-1 for highest available to runtime)
+# Pickle protocol version (highest available to runtime)
 # Warning with `0`: If somewhere in your value lies a slotted object,
 # ie defines `__slots__`, even if you do not include it in your pickleable
 # state via `__getstate__`, python will complain with something like:
 #   TypeError: a class that defines __slots__ without defining __getstate__
 #   cannot be pickled
-PICKLE_VERSION = -1
+DEFAULT_PICKLE_VERSION = pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
 
 
-def python_memcache_serializer(key, value):
+def _python_memcache_serializer(key, value, pickle_version=None):
     flags = 0
     value_type = type(value)
 
@@ -63,13 +64,21 @@ def python_memcache_serializer(key, value):
     else:
         flags |= FLAG_PICKLE
         output = BytesIO()
-        pickler = pickle.Pickler(output, PICKLE_VERSION)
+        pickler = pickle.Pickler(output, pickle_version)
         pickler.dump(value)
         value = output.getvalue()
 
     return value, flags
 
 
+def get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=DEFAULT_PICKLE_VERSION):
+    """Return a serializer using a specific pickle version"""
+    return partial(_python_memcache_serializer, pickle_version=pickle_version)
+
+
+python_memcache_serializer = get_python_memcache_serializer()
+
+
 def python_memcache_deserializer(key, value, flags):
     if flags == 0:
         return value

pymemcache/test/test_integration.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     MemcacheClientError
 )
 from pymemcache.serde import (
+    get_python_memcache_serializer,
     python_memcache_serializer,
     python_memcache_deserializer
 )
@@ -250,15 +251,15 @@ def _des(key, value, flags):
     assert result == value
 
 
-@pytest.mark.integration()
-def test_serde_serialization(client_class, host, port, socket_module):
+def serde_serialization_helper(client_class, host, port,
+                               socket_module, serializer):
     def check(value):
         client.set(b'key', value, noreply=False)
         result = client.get(b'key')
         assert result == value
         assert type(result) is type(value)
 
-    client = client_class((host, port), serializer=python_memcache_serializer,
+    client = client_class((host, port), serializer=serializer,
                           deserializer=python_memcache_deserializer,
                           socket_module=socket_module)
     client.flush_all()
@@ -277,6 +278,28 @@ def check(value):
     check(testdict)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.integration()
+def test_serde_serialization(client_class, host, port, socket_module):
+    serde_serialization_helper(client_class, host, port,
+                               socket_module, python_memcache_serializer)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration()
+def test_serde_serialization0(client_class, host, port, socket_module):
+    serde_serialization_helper(
+        client_class, host, port,
+        socket_module,
+        get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=0))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration()
+def test_serde_serialization2(client_class, host, port, socket_module):
+    serde_serialization_helper(
+        client_class, host, port,
+        socket_module,
+        get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=2))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.integration()
 def test_errors(client_class, host, port, socket_module):
     client = client_class((host, port), socket_module=socket_module)

pymemcache/test/test_serde.py

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from pymemcache.serde import (python_memcache_serializer,
+                              get_python_memcache_serializer,
                               python_memcache_deserializer, FLAG_BYTES,
                               FLAG_PICKLE, FLAG_INTEGER, FLAG_LONG, FLAG_TEXT)
 import pytest
 import six
+from six.moves import cPickle as pickle
 
 
 class CustomInt(int):
@@ -20,9 +22,10 @@ class CustomInt(int):
 
 @pytest.mark.unit()
 class TestSerde(TestCase):
+    serializer = python_memcache_serializer
 
     def check(self, value, expected_flags):
-        serialized, flags = python_memcache_serializer(b'key', value)
+        serialized, flags = self.serializer(b'key', value)
         assert flags == expected_flags
 
         # pymemcache stores values as byte strings, so we immediately the value
@@ -59,3 +62,24 @@ def test_pickleable(self):
     def test_subtype(self):
         # Subclass of a native type will be restored as the same type
         self.check(CustomInt(123123), FLAG_PICKLE)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit()
+class TestSerdePickleVersion0(TestCase):
+    serializer = get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=0)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit()
+class TestSerdePickleVersion1(TestCase):
+    serializer = get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit()
+class TestSerdePickleVersion2(TestCase):
+    serializer = get_python_memcache_serializer(pickle_version=2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit()
+class TestSerdePickleVersionHighest(TestCase):
+    serializer = get_python_memcache_serializer(
+        pickle_version=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)