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merge from 3.2 Issue #9021 - Introduce copy module better in the docs. [#9021]
| Senthil Kumaran senthil@uthcode.com | |
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| date | Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:27:48 +0800 |
| parents | e9c3df45920e(current diff)a352e24b9907(diff) |
| children | 0fc10a33eb4c |
| files | Misc/NEWS |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/copy.rst 6 Misc/NEWS 2 |
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--- a/Doc/library/copy.rst +++ b/Doc/library/copy.rst @@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ .. module:: copy :synopsis: Shallow and deep copy operations. -This module provides generic (shallow and deep) copying operations. +Assignment statements in Python do not copy objects, they create bindings +between a target and an object. For collections that are mutable or contain +mutable items, a copy is sometimes needed so one can change one copy without +changing the other. This module provides generic shallow and deep copy +operations (explained below). Interface summary:
--- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ Library make sure two listeners can't bind to the same socket/pipe (or any existing socket/pipe). +- Issue #9021: Add an introduction to the copy module documentation. +