[Alex] > So, as per discussion here, I have prepared a patch (to the maintenance > branch of 2.3, to start with) which adds unit tests to highlight these > issues, and fixes them in copy.py. This patch should go in the > maintenance of 2.3 and 2.4, but in 2.5 a different approach based on > new special descriptors for special methods is envisaged (though > keeping compatibility with classic extension types may also require > some patching to copy.py along the lines of my patch).
For Py2.5, do you have in mind changing something other than copy.py? If so, please outline your plan. I hope your not planning on wrapping all special method access as descriptor look-ups -- that would be a somewhat radical change. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
