How to clone a method code in Python?
Published on Aug. 22, 2023, 12:15 p.m.
To clone a method code in Python, you can use the copy
module or the __code__
attribute, which returns a code object that represents the compiled bytecode of the method. Here is an example of how to clone a method code using the copy
module:
import copy
def original_method():
print("This is the original method.")
# Using the copy module to clone the method code
cloned_method_code = copy.deepcopy(original_method.__code__)
def cloned_method():
exec(cloned_method_code)
# Calling the original and the cloned method
original_method()
cloned_method()
In this example, we first define a method called original_method
. We then use the deepcopy
function from the copy
module to clone the code of original_method
. We define a new method called cloned_method
which uses the exec
function to execute the cloned method code. We call both the original and the cloned methods to demonstrate that they behave the same way.
Alternatively, you can use the __code__
attribute directly to clone a method code:
def original_method():
print("This is the original method.")
# Using the __code__ attribute to clone the method code
cloned_method_code = original_method.__code__
def cloned_method():
exec(cloned_method_code)
# Calling the original and the cloned method
original_method()
cloned_method()