Ability to Keep a major mode's binding

[pcompassion]

Expected behavior

want to keep python-mode's bindings because it's more python specific

Actual behavior

smartparens default bindings override python bindings

Steps to reproduce the problem

activate smartparens for python-mode

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• smartparens version: 20230529.1017
• Active major-mode: python-mode
• Smartparens strict mode: t
• Emacs version (M-x emacs-version): GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0, NS appkit-1671.60 Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G9323)) of 2023-08-17
• Starterkit/Distribution: Spacemacs
• OS: darwin

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in python-mode,

For instance, C-M-a is bound to 'python-nav-beginning-of-defun

by (setq-local beginning-of-defun-function #'python-nav-beginning-of-defun)

I want to keep this binding in python mode, (and there are other keys too)

If I want to keep smartparens' default binding in other modes, but want to keep python binding, what should I do?

this is the code I use, it works, but I have to see what bindings are actually there in python-mode first.

(defun ek/override-minor-mode-key-for-major-mode (major-mode minor-mode key-fn-list)
  "
example: override C-M-a for python-mode which was set by smartparens-mode
major-mode: python-mode
minor-mode: smartparens-mode
key: C-M-a
"
  (let ((oldmap (cdr (assoc minor-mode minor-mode-map-alist)))
        (newmap (make-sparse-keymap)))
    (set-keymap-parent newmap oldmap)

    (dolist (pair key-fn-list)
    (let ((key (car pair) ) (fn (cdr pair)))
        (define-key newmap (kbd key) fn)))
    (push `(minor-mode . ,newmap) minor-mode-overriding-map-alist))
  )

I wonder if it'd be possible to make a function that tells smartparens not to override a key if a major mode has defined one of the keys that smartparens is trying to define

Something like, (sp-respect-major-mode-key 'python-mode)

I could create the function myself (although I'm relatively new to elisp programming), But was wondering if that functionality makese sense and if it's already implemented.

Because overriding python-mode's C-M-a keybinding is a relatively huge deal it seems.

[pcompassion]

so smartparens-c.el has

(define-key smartparens-strict-mode-map [remap c-electric-delete-forward] 'sp-delete-char)
(define-key smartparens-strict-mode-map [remap c-electric-backspace] 'sp-backward-delete-char)

Does this not override other major mode map?