>> The answer is really really simple. The implementation of copy predates >> mutability. When the copy code was written, functions *were* immutable. >> When functions became mutable, the copy code was not changed, and >> nobody noticed or complained. > > Likely scenario, but not true.
Interesting. I (clearly) missed that part of the defaultdict discussion (that was a long thread). Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
