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Title: `packb` accepts a dict with a tuple key but the result cannot be `unpackb`'d (round-trip asymmetry) · Issue #703 · msgpack/msgpack-python · GitHub

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Description: packb serializes a mapping with a tuple key without error, but the produced bytes cannot be deserialized: unpackb decodes the tuple key as a list, then fails to use it as a dict key. import msgpack b = msgpack.packb({(1, 2): 0}) # succee...

Open Graph Description: packb serializes a mapping with a tuple key without error, but the produced bytes cannot be deserialized: unpackb decodes the tuple key as a list, then fails to use it as a dict key. import msgpack...

X Description: packb serializes a mapping with a tuple key without error, but the produced bytes cannot be deserialized: unpackb decodes the tuple key as a list, then fails to use it as a dict key. import msgpack...

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