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 <td>to serialize an object (new pickling protocol)
 <td><code class=pp>pickle.dump(x, <var>file</var>, <var>protocol_version</var>)</code>
 <td><a href=http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/pickle.html#pickling-class-instances><code>x.<dfn>__reduce_ex__</dfn>(<var>protocol_version</var>)</code></a>
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+<tr><th>*
 <td>control over how an object is created during unpickling
 <td><code class=pp>x = pickle.load(<var>file</var>)</code>
 <td><a href=http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/pickle.html#pickling-class-instances><code>x.<dfn>__getnewargs__</dfn>()</code></a>
-<tr><th>
+<tr><th>*
 <td>to restore an object&#8217;s state after unpickling
 <td><code class=pp>x = pickle.load(<var>file</var>)</code>
 <td><a href=http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/pickle.html#pickle-state><code>x.<dfn>__setstate__</dfn>()</code></a>
 </table>
 
+<p>* To recreate a serialized object, Python needs to create a new object that looks like the serialized object, then set the values of all the attributes on the new object. The <code>__getnewargs__()</code> method controls how the object is created, then the <code>__setstate__()</code> method controls how the attribute values are restored.
+
 <h2 id=context-managers>Classes That Can Be Used in a <code>with</code> Block</h2>
 
 <p>Python 3 supports the <code>with</code> statement, which allows you to access an object&#8217;s properties and methods without explicitly referencing the object every time. A <code>with</code> block defines a <a href=http://www.python.org/doc/3.1/library/stdtypes.html#typecontextmanager>runtime context</a>; you &#8220;enter&#8221; the context when you execute the <code>with</code> statement, and you &#8220;exit&#8221; the context after you execute the last statement in the block.