Why are functions atomic?

[Duncan Booth]

7stud <bbxx789_05ss at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does deepcopy work?

It doesn't copy a function.

The easiest way to make a modified copy of a function is to use the 'new' 
module.

>>> def f(x=2): print "x=", x

>>> g = new.function(f.func_code, f.func_globals, 'g', (3,), 
f.func_closure)
>>> g()
x= 3
>>> f()
x= 2