João Neves wrote: > Let me give a very basic example. Say we have these two functions:
I suppose you mean >>> def inc(x): return x + 1 ... >>> def dec(x): return x - 1 ... >>> inc(1), dec(1) (2, 0) > Examining the compiled bytecodes for these two functions: > > >>> inc.func_code.co_code > '|\x00\x00d\x01\x00\x17}\x00\x00d\x00\x00S' > > >>> dec.func_code.co_code > '|\x00\x00d\x01\x00\x18}\x00\x00d\x00\x00S' > > Now suppose that I wanted to mess with inc, and have it behave like > dec. >>> inc.func_code = dec.func_code >>> inc(1), dec(1) (0, 0) There you are, and there wasn't even a slight chance that you combined the byte code with an incompatible function signature ;) Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
