diff -r 88261c96484b -r 5441fa55cb0d eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py
--- a/eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py Sun Apr 12 19:07:49 2020 +0200
+++ b/eric6/Utilities/BackgroundClient.py Mon Apr 13 11:30:24 2020 +0200
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@
@param fn filename for identification (str)
@param data return value(s) (any basic datatype)
"""
+ if not isinstance(data, (
+ dict, list, tuple, str, int, float, bool, type(None),
+ )):
+ # handle sending of objects of unsupported types
+ data = str(data)
+
packedData = json.dumps([fx, fn, data])
if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
packedData = bytes(packedData, 'utf-8')
