FAQ

How can I see the code generated by pyserde?

pyserde provides inspect submodule that works as commandline:

python -m serde.inspect <PATH_TO_FILE> <CLASS>

This is useful when you want to understand generated code, debug custom serializers, or confirm how pyserde handles a specific type.

e.g. in pyserde project

cd pyserde
uv sync
uv run python -m serde.inspect examples/simple.py Foo

Output

Loading simple.Foo from examples.

==================================================
                       Foo
==================================================

--------------------------------------------------
          Functions generated by pyserde
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def to_iter(obj, reuse_instances=True, convert_sets=False):
    if reuse_instances is Ellipsis:
        reuse_instances = True
    if convert_sets is Ellipsis:
        convert_sets = False
    if not is_dataclass(obj):
        return copy.deepcopy(obj)

    Foo = serde_scope.types["Foo"]
    res = []
    res.append(obj.i)
    res.append(obj.s)
    res.append(obj.f)
    res.append(obj.b)
    return tuple(res)
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