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Modifying func_closure

Robert Brewer fumanchu at amor.org
Thu Jul 8 12:38:14 EDT 2004 
Jacek Generowicz wrote:
> Python's closures are read-only. But is there a way of hacking one's
> way around this restriction?
> 
> The funct_closure attribute is read-only, so I can't rebind it. It's a
> tuple, so I can't mutate it. Even if I could, I can't instantiate cell
> ojects. The cell objects don't seem to have any interesting attributes
> that one might use to mutate the contents.
> 
> Looks hopeless, but maybe someone knows better.

If I understand your requirements correctly, I would use new.function(),
passing it the closure you want.

return new.function(co, f.func_globals, newname, f.func_defaults,
f.func_closure)

...ah, I see now (looking at the LibRef), that last argument isn't
documented. But it's there; trust me. :)


Robert Brewer
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