Incorporated bug fixes from Jeremy Hylton.

lib/Components/cPickle/cPickle.c

 /*
-     $Id: cPickle.c,v 1.56 1998/08/12 12:07:42 jim Exp $
+     $Id: cPickle.c,v 1.57 1998/08/12 12:13:28 jim Exp $
 
      Copyright 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 static char cPickle_module_documentation[] = 
 "C implementation and optimization of the Python pickle module\n"
 "\n"
-"$Id: cPickle.c,v 1.56 1998/08/12 12:07:42 jim Exp $\n"
+"$Id: cPickle.c,v 1.57 1998/08/12 12:13:28 jim Exp $\n"
 ;
 
 #include "Python.h"
@@ -1973,22 +1973,32 @@ static PyTypeObject Picklertype = {
 static PyObject *
 find_class(PyObject *py_module_name, PyObject *py_global_name) {
     PyObject *global = 0, *module;
-    
-    UNLESS(module=PySys_GetObject("modules")) return NULL;
-    if(module=PyDict_GetItem(module, py_module_name)) {
-      global=PyObject_GetAttr(module, py_global_name);
-    }
-    else {
-      PyErr_Clear();
-      UNLESS(module=PyImport_Import(py_module_name)) return NULL;
-      global=PyObject_GetAttr(module, py_global_name);
+
+    module = PySys_GetObject("modules");
+    if (module == NULL)
+      return NULL;
+
+    module = PyDict_GetItem(module, py_module_name);
+    if (module == NULL) {
+      module = PyImport_Import(py_module_name);
+      if (!module)
+          return NULL;
+      global = PyObject_GetAttr(module, py_global_name);
       Py_DECREF(module);
     }
-
+    else
+      global = PyObject_GetAttr(module, py_global_name);
+    if (global == NULL) {
+      char buf[256 + 37];
+      sprintf(buf, "Failed to import class %.128s from moduile %.128s",
+              PyString_AS_STRING((PyStringObject*)py_global_name),
+              PyString_AS_STRING((PyStringObject*)py_module_name));  
+      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, buf);
+      return NULL;
+    }
     return global;
 }
 
-
 static int
 marker(Unpicklerobject *self) {
     if (self->num_marks < 1) {
@@ -4156,7 +4166,7 @@ cpm_loads(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     PyObject *ob, *file = 0, *res = NULL;
     Unpicklerobject *unpickler = 0;
 
-    UNLESS(PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &ob))
+    UNLESS(PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "S", &ob))
         goto finally;
 
     UNLESS(file = PycStringIO->NewInput(ob))
@@ -4325,7 +4335,7 @@ init_stuff(PyObject *module, PyObject *module_dict) {
 void
 initcPickle() {
     PyObject *m, *d, *v;
-    char *rev="$Revision: 1.56 $";
+    char *rev="$Revision: 1.57 $";
     PyObject *format_version;
     PyObject *compatible_formats;