%store now prevents storing objs that are in module IPython.FakeModule

(interactively declared classes etc.)

IPython/Magic.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 b''
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Magic functions for InteractiveShell.
 
-$Id: Magic.py 1030 2006-01-18 19:24:48Z fperez $"""
+$Id: Magic.py 1034 2006-01-20 12:59:31Z vivainio $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001 Janko Hauser <[e-mail]> and
@@ -31,6 +31,7 b' import re'
 import tempfile
 import time
 import cPickle as pickle
+import textwrap
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 from getopt import getopt
 from pprint import pprint, pformat
@@ -2679,7 +2680,16 b' Defaulting color scheme to \'NoColor\'"""'
         
         # default action - store the variable
         else:
-            pickled = pickle.dumps(self.shell.user_ns[args[0] ])
+            obj = self.shell.user_ns[args[0] ]
+            if isinstance(inspect.getmodule(obj), FakeModule):
+                print textwrap.dedent("""\
+                Warning:%s is %s 
+                Proper storage of interactively declared classes (or instances
+                of those classes) is not possible! Only instances
+                of classes in real modules on file system can be %%store'd.
+                """ % (args[0], obj) ) 
+                return
+            pickled = pickle.dumps(obj)
             self.shell.persist[ 'S:' + args[0] ] = pickled
             print "Stored '%s' (%d bytes)" % (args[0], len(pickled))
     

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -4,6 +4,9 b''
 	of how to extend ipython with new magics. Also added Extensions
 	dir to pythonpath to make executing extensions easy.
 	
+	* %store now complains when trying to store interactively declared
+	classes / instances of those classes.
+
 2006-01-20  Fernando Perez  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* IPython/iplib.py (raw_input): I _think_ I got the pasting of