gistfile1.py

from pylibmc.test import make_test_client

class Foo(object):
        def __getstate__(self):
                return dict(a=1)
        def __setstate__(self, d):
                assert d['a'] == 1

def break_pickling():
        global Foo
        Foo = object

def poke_memcache():
        c = make_test_client()

        c.set("test_key", Foo())
        result = c.get_multi(['test_key'])
        print 'RESULT(1):', result

        break_pickling()

        result = c.get_multi(['test_key'])
        print 'RESULT(2):', result

def allocate_dicts():
        mylist = []
        for x in xrange(0):
                mylist.append(dict(count=x))

# Entry point:
poke_memcache()
allocate_dicts()