Message 73174 - Python tracker
> I expect this is why nobody has ever complained about it: unless you're > looking at the strings embedded in the pickle GLOBAL opcode, it's > unlikely to have a visible consequence. Well, it may have a consequence if pickle picks the "random" function from a third-party module named "foobar", and you give the pickle to a friend and expect it to work for him while he hasn't installed module "foobar".