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pickling of Exceptions and kw_only #734

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@arnimarj

Just stumbled across an interesting issue. The kw_only flag seems to break pickling of objects. E.g.:

import attr
import pickle


@attr.s(auto_exc=True, kw_only=False)
class Positional(Exception):
    field: int = attr.ib()


@attr.s(slots=False, auto_exc=True, kw_only=True)
class KwOnly(Exception):
    field: int = attr.ib()


A = Positional(field=1)
B = KwOnly(field=1)

print('A', pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(A)))
print('B', pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(B)))

raises this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "attrs_kwonly.py", line 19, in <module>
    print('B', pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(B)))
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

I couldn't find any mention in previous issues, or current documentation about this behaviour.

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