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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:10:58 -0600
Subject: Re: scope of function parameters (take two)
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> w=
rote:
> Is there any reason not to simplify this to:
> def copy_args(f):
> =A0 =A0@functools.wraps(f)
> =A0 =A0def wrapper(*args, **kw):
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0nargs =3D copy.deepcopy(args)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0nkw =3D copy.deepcopy(kw)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0return f(*nargs, **nkw)
> =A0 =A0return wrapper

No reason, good call.

> It means you will copy the keys as well, however they will (almost)
> certainly be strings which is effectively a no-op.

I think the keys will certainly be strings.  Is there any scenario
where they might not be?