[C++-sig] Creating new instances of an object's contained value

[Matt]

Hey all,

This is probably a newbie question, but I'm curious if it's possible to 
create a new instance of an object's contained value into another object 
variable in an extension module I'm working on.

For example, I am trying to create a factory method of sorts that will 
create a python object and return it.  Rather than load up the dictionary 
and module and call Py_RunString each time the method is called, I would 
like to only do this once (I'm not worried about reloading this python 
object after the extension module is loaded).  Thus, I was thinking of 
keeping an object variable that I can "clone", so to speak, and return the 
cloned value.  Is this possible?

Thanks!
Matt