> I know I could use a 'functor' defining __call__ and using member > variables, but this is more complicated and quite a bit slower. (I > also know that I can use new.function to create a new copy, but I > would like to know the rational behind the decision to make functions > atomic before I shoot myself in the foot;-)
Function objects were not copyable because they were immutable. For an immutable object, a copy cannot reasonably be distinguished from the original object. See copy.py, around line 105. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
