{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24/events","html_url":"https://github.com/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24","id":78263930,"number":24,"title":"Should `_p_oid` allow arbitrary types?","user":{"login":"tseaver","id":242750,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/242750?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver","html_url":"https://github.com/tseaver","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tseaver/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/labels/question","name":"question","color":"cc317c"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-05-19T21:49:56Z","updated_at":"2015-05-19T21:55:15Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The docstring for `IPersistent._p_oid` claims that it must be bytes.  Historically, the C implementation has allowed any type (although values which are not length 8 bytes blow up if used with a standard pickle cache).\r\n\r\nSee:  https://github.com/zopefoundation/persistent/pull/20#discussion-diff-28083537 for pros and cons."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/comments/103679205","html_url":"https://github.com/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24#issuecomment-103679205","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/zopefoundation/persistent/issues/24","id":103679205,"user":{"login":"jamadden","id":1256082,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1256082?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden","html_url":"https://github.com/jamadden","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jamadden/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-19T21:55:15Z","updated_at":"2015-05-19T21:55:15Z","body":"There's additional discussion on that same PR [here](https://github.com/zopefoundation/persistent/pull/20#discussion_r30594848)."}}