>>>>> "THoffman" == <THoffman@indtech.wa.gov.au> writes:
THoffman> Maybe that could be an inspectable property of a
THoffman> function/method in newer versions of python, at least
THoffman> then something like idle with it's arg hints could also
THoffman> tell you if the method modifies or returns a copy of the
THoffman> object
Well, we've got function attributes now, so... make something up! :)
-Barry