Python library for control of microscope devices, supporting hardware triggers and distribution of devices over the network for performance and flexibility.
In the microscope.deviceserver and microscope.clients we hardcode requirement of pickle protocol version 2. The latest is version 5 which claims better performance for larger data and newer python types. Is there a reason why we force protocol version 2?
Looking in the history, I found it was added with b9e5c1c91053783 a commit that adds support for python 3. Because protocol versions above 2 do not support Python 2, I'm guessing this was done in order to keep supporting python 2. Since we no longer support Python 2, I guess we can remove it.
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microscope.deviceserverandmicroscope.clientswe hardcode requirement of pickle protocol version 2. The latest is version 5 which claims better performance for larger data and newer python types. Is there a reason why we force protocol version 2?Looking in the history, I found it was added with b9e5c1c91053783 a commit that adds support for python 3. Because protocol versions above 2 do not support Python 2, I'm guessing this was done in order to keep supporting python 2. Since we no longer support Python 2, I guess we can remove it.