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|   <section id="module-copy">
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| <span id="copy-shallow-and-deep-copy-operations"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copy</span></code> — Shallow and deep copy operations<a class="headerlink" href="#module-copy" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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| <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="extlink-source reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.13/Lib/copy.py">Lib/copy.py</a></p>
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| <hr class="docutils" />
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| <p>Assignment statements in Python do not copy objects, they create bindings
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| between a target and an object. For collections that are mutable or contain
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| mutable items, a copy is sometimes needed so one can change one copy without
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| changing the other. This module provides generic shallow and deep copy
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| operations (explained below).</p>
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| <p>Interface summary:</p>
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| <dl class="py function">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="copy.copy">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">copy.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">copy</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#copy.copy" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Return a shallow copy of <em>obj</em>.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <dl class="py function">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="copy.deepcopy">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">copy.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">deepcopy</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">memo</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#copy.deepcopy" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Return a deep copy of <em>obj</em>.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <dl class="py function">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="copy.replace">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">copy.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">replace</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="positional-only-separator o"><abbr title="Positional-only parameter separator (PEP 570)"><span class="pre">/</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">changes</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#copy.replace" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Creates a new object of the same type as <em>obj</em>, replacing fields with values
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| from <em>changes</em>.</p>
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| <div class="versionadded">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
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| </div>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <dl class="py exception">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="copy.Error">
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">exception</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">copy.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Error</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#copy.Error" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Raised for module specific errors.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <p id="shallow-vs-deep-copy">The difference between shallow and deep copying is only relevant for compound
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| objects (objects that contain other objects, like lists or class instances):</p>
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| <ul class="simple">
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| <li><p>A <em>shallow copy</em> constructs a new compound object and then (to the extent
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| possible) inserts <em>references</em> into it to the objects found in the original.</p></li>
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| <li><p>A <em>deep copy</em> constructs a new compound object and then, recursively, inserts
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| <em>copies</em> into it of the objects found in the original.</p></li>
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| </ul>
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| <p>Two problems often exist with deep copy operations that don’t exist with shallow
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| copy operations:</p>
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| <ul class="simple">
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| <li><p>Recursive objects (compound objects that, directly or indirectly, contain a
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| reference to themselves) may cause a recursive loop.</p></li>
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| <li><p>Because deep copy copies everything it may copy too much, such as data
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| which is intended to be shared between copies.</p></li>
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| </ul>
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| <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#copy.deepcopy" title="copy.deepcopy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">deepcopy()</span></code></a> function avoids these problems by:</p>
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| <ul class="simple">
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| <li><p>keeping a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">memo</span></code> dictionary of objects already copied during the current
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| copying pass; and</p></li>
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| <li><p>letting user-defined classes override the copying operation or the set of
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| components copied.</p></li>
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| </ul>
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| <p>This module does not copy types like module, method, stack trace, stack frame,
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| file, socket, window, or any similar types.  It does “copy” functions and
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| classes (shallow and deeply), by returning the original object unchanged; this
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| is compatible with the way these are treated by the <a class="reference internal" href="pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> module.</p>
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| <p>Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#dict.copy" title="dict.copy"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict.copy()</span></code></a>, and
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| of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example,
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| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copied_list</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">original_list[:]</span></code>.</p>
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| <p id="index-0">Classes can use the same interfaces to control copying that they use to control
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| pickling.  See the description of module <a class="reference internal" href="pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a> for information on these
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| methods.  In fact, the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-copy" title="copy: Shallow and deep copy operations."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copy</span></code></a> module uses the registered
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| pickle functions from the <a class="reference internal" href="copyreg.html#module-copyreg" title="copyreg: Register pickle support functions."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copyreg</span></code></a> module.</p>
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| <p id="index-1">In order for a class to define its own copy implementation, it can define
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| special methods <a class="reference internal" href="#object.__copy__" title="object.__copy__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__copy__()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#object.__deepcopy__" title="object.__deepcopy__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__deepcopy__()</span></code></a>.</p>
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| <dl class="py method">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="object.__copy__">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">object.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__copy__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">self</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#object.__copy__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Called to implement the shallow copy operation;
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| no additional arguments are passed.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <dl class="py method">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="object.__deepcopy__">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">object.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__deepcopy__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">self</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">memo</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#object.__deepcopy__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Called to implement the deep copy operation; it is passed one
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| argument, the <em>memo</em> dictionary.  If the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__deepcopy__</span></code> implementation needs
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| to make a deep copy of a component, it should call the <a class="reference internal" href="#copy.deepcopy" title="copy.deepcopy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">deepcopy()</span></code></a> function
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| with the component as first argument and the <em>memo</em> dictionary as second argument.
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| The <em>memo</em> dictionary should be treated as an opaque object.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <p id="index-2">Function <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copy.replace()</span></code> is more limited
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| than <a class="reference internal" href="#copy.copy" title="copy.copy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copy()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#copy.deepcopy" title="copy.deepcopy"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">deepcopy()</span></code></a>,
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| and only supports named tuples created by <a class="reference internal" href="collections.html#collections.namedtuple" title="collections.namedtuple"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">namedtuple()</span></code></a>,
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| <a class="reference internal" href="dataclasses.html#module-dataclasses" title="dataclasses: Generate special methods on user-defined classes."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dataclasses</span></code></a>, and other classes which define method <a class="reference internal" href="#object.__replace__" title="object.__replace__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__replace__()</span></code></a>.</p>
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| <dl class="py method">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="object.__replace__">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">object.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__replace__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">self</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="positional-only-separator o"><abbr title="Positional-only parameter separator (PEP 570)"><span class="pre">/</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">changes</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#object.__replace__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>This method should create a new object of the same type,
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| replacing fields with values from <em>changes</em>.</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <div class="admonition seealso">
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| <p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
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| <dl class="simple">
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| <dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="pickle.html#module-pickle" title="pickle: Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pickle</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Discussion of the special methods used to support object state retrieval and
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| restoration.</p>
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| </dd>
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| </dl>
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| </div>
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