BUG: ensure _UFuncNoLoopError can be pickled (#17377)

* BUG: ensure _UFuncNoLoopError can be pickled; closes #16490

* update quickstart.rst

* add round trip pickle test

* move _ArrayMemoryError picking test

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/_exceptions.py b/numpy/core/_exceptions.py
index 99172e23d..5e17ed3b2 100644
--- a/numpy/core/_exceptions.py
+++ b/numpy/core/_exceptions.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ def _display_as_base(cls):
     """
     assert issubclass(cls, Exception)
     cls.__name__ = cls.__base__.__name__
-    cls.__qualname__ = cls.__base__.__qualname__
-    set_module(cls.__base__.__module__)(cls)
     return cls
 
 
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test__exceptions.py b/numpy/core/tests/test__exceptions.py
index 494b51f34..51c056936 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test__exceptions.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test__exceptions.py
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 """
 Tests of the ._exceptions module. Primarily for exercising the __str__ methods.
 """
+
+import pickle
+
 import numpy as np
 
 _ArrayMemoryError = np.core._exceptions._ArrayMemoryError
+_UFuncNoLoopError = np.core._exceptions._UFuncNoLoopError
 
 class TestArrayMemoryError:
+    def test_pickling(self):
+        """ Test that _ArrayMemoryError can be pickled """
+        error = _ArrayMemoryError((1023,), np.dtype(np.uint8))
+        res = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(error))
+        assert res._total_size == error._total_size
+
     def test_str(self):
         e = _ArrayMemoryError((1023,), np.dtype(np.uint8))
         str(e)  # not crashing is enough
@@ -40,3 +50,9 @@ class TestArrayMemoryError:
 
         e = _ArrayMemoryError((2, 4), np.dtype((np.uint64, 16)))
         assert e._total_size == 1024
+
+
+class TestUFuncNoLoopError:
+    def test_pickling(self):
+        """ Test that _UFuncNoLoopError can be pickled """
+        assert isinstance(pickle.dumps(_UFuncNoLoopError), bytes)