Can Python pickle lambda functions?

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Yes, python can pickle lambda functions… but only if you have something that uses copy_reg to register how to pickle lambda functions — the package dill loads the copy_reg you need into the pickle registry for you, when you import dill.

Python 2.7.8 (default, Jul 13 2014, 02:29:54) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))] on darwin
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>>> 
>>> import dill  # the code below will fail without this line
>>> 
>>> import pickle
>>> s = pickle.dumps(lambda x, y: x+y)
>>> f = pickle.loads(s)
>>> assert f(3,4) == 7
>>> f
<function <lambda> at 0x10aebdaa0>

get dill here: https://github.com/uqfoundation

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