A function object from a script module has substantial information attached. Try this (and variations) in your script console:
def myFunc(arg1, *args):
pass
for x in dir(myFunc):
a = getattr(myFunc, x)
print x, type(a), repr(a)
Note the stuff at the end:
__call__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __call__ of function object at 0x2>
__class__ <type 'type'> <type 'function'>
__closure__ <type 'NoneType'> None
__code__ <type 'tablecode'> <code object myFunc at 0x3, file "<input>", line 1>
__defaults__ <type 'NoneType'> None
__delattr__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __delattr__ of function object at 0x2>
__dict__ <type 'dict'> {}
__doc__ <type 'NoneType'> None
__ensure_finalizer__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __ensure_finalizer__ of function object at 0x2>
__format__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __format__ of function object at 0x2>
__get__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __get__ of function object at 0x2>
__getattribute__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __getattribute__ of function object at 0x2>
__globals__ <type 'dict'> {'a': {...}, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, 'objScrHelpers': <module objScrHelpers at 4>, '__package__': None, 'system': <app package system at 5>, '__name__': '__main__', 'fpmi': <app package system at 6>, 'inspect': <module inspect at 7>, 'x': '__globals__', '__doc__': None, 'myFunc': <function myFunc at 0x2>}
__hash__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __hash__ of function object at 0x2>
__init__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __init__ of function object at 0x2>
__module__ <type 'str'> '__main__'
__name__ <type 'str'> 'myFunc'
__new__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __new__ of type object at 0x8>
__reduce__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __reduce__ of function object at 0x2>
__reduce_ex__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __reduce_ex__ of function object at 0x2>
__repr__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __repr__ of function object at 0x2>
__setattr__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __setattr__ of function object at 0x2>
__str__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __str__ of function object at 0x2>
__subclasshook__ <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> <built-in method __subclasshook__ of type object at 0x8>
func_closure <type 'NoneType'> None
func_code <type 'tablecode'> <code object myFunc at 0x3, file "<input>", line 1>
func_defaults <type 'NoneType'> None
func_dict <type 'dict'> {}
func_doc <type 'NoneType'> None
func_globals <type 'dict'> {'a': {...}, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, 'objScrHelpers': <module objScrHelpers at 4>, '__package__': None, 'system': <app package system at 5>, '__name__': '__main__', 'fpmi': <app package system at 6>, 'inspect': <module inspect at 7>, 'x': 'func_globals', '__doc__': None, 'myFunc': <function myFunc at 0x2>}
func_name <type 'str'> 'myFunc'