bpo-14112: Allow beginners to explore shallowness in greater depth ;-) (GH-15465) (GH-15469)
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Co-authored-by: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>
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Raised for module specific errors.
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.. _shallow_vs_deep_copy:
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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):
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[9, 16, 25]
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All slice operations return a new list containing the requested elements. This
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means that the following slice returns a new (shallow) copy of the list::
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means that the following slice returns a
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:ref:`shallow copy <shallow_vs_deep_copy>` of the list::
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>>> squares[:]
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[1, 4, 9, 16, 25]
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