how to dynamically create a function object (from a code object)?

[Petri Savolainen]

After reading the manuals and googling around a bit, I thought I'd use
the 'compile' built-in to create a code object. Then, using either
new.function() or types.FunctionType(), create a function object out of
the code object. The function object can then be turned into a method
for example using types.MethodType(). Right? Well, on Windows 98, using
python 2.2.2 (or 2.3b2):

c=compile('def a(msg): return msg','<nowhere>','exec')
f=types.FunctionType(c,globals(),'a')
f
<code object ? at 00F8A9E0, file "<nowhere>", line 1>
f('hello')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#136>", line 1, in -toplevel-
f('hello')
TypeError: ?() takes no arguments (1 given)
f()

a('hello')
'hello'

This is, well, not what I would have expected.

After peeking around in the code object, I found out its 'co_const'
instance variable also contains a code object - which, it seems, should
really be fed to the function creation methods:
c.co_consts (<code object a at 00F8A960, file "<nowhere>", line 1>, None) f=types.FunctionType(c.co_consts[0],globals(),'a')
f('hello') 'hello'

Which is the behaviour I would have expected in the first place!

I would really like to know what I am doing wrong here, or any
clarification regarding what is going on above... I dare not hope having
found a bug :-P

Thanks,

Petri