[Tim Peters]

#- Note that __copy__ is a special name, and the standard #- copy.copy(thing) #- automatically invokes thing.__copy__() if thing has a #- __copy__() method. #- The "copy = __copy__" line then supplies that method #- directly to class users #- too under a conventional name. So, after the above, #- copy.copy(thing) and #- thing.copy() both work.

I'm +1 on introducing this behaviour to Context.

. Facundo