Chris Liechti <cliechti at gmx.net> writes: > > on the other side i could also: > > > > new.__dict__ = old.__dict__.copy() > > that's what i would call a swallow copy. A european or an african swallow? SCNR ;-) Bernhard -- Intevation GmbH http://intevation.de/ Sketch http://sketch.sourceforge.net/ MapIt! http://www.mapit.de/