From 2858fd1957e59429071f97e38f40e424990d9c7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Martin=20v=2E=20L=C3=B6wis?= <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:09:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Patch #750595: Refer to type complex using builtin. Fixes
 #595837.

---
 Lib/copy_reg.py | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/copy_reg.py b/Lib/copy_reg.py
index 8a3550aad3ff..13a48b2963e9 100644
--- a/Lib/copy_reg.py
+++ b/Lib/copy_reg.py
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ def constructor(object):
 
 # Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.
 
-def pickle_complex(c):
-    return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
+try:
+    complex
+except NameError:
+    pass
+else:
 
-pickle(type(1j), pickle_complex, complex)
+    def pickle_complex(c):
+        return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
+
+    pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
 
 # Support for picking new-style objects
 
-- 
2.47.3