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authorRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2019-08-24 18:15:44 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-08-24 18:15:44 (GMT)
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bpo-14112: Allow beginners to explore shallowness in greater depth ;-) (GH-15465)
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/copy.rst1
-rw-r--r--Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst3
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diff --git a/Doc/library/copy.rst b/Doc/library/copy.rst
index c7bd89f..a8e8bfb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/copy.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/copy.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Interface summary:
Raised for module specific errors.
+.. _shallow_vs_deep_copy:
The difference between shallow and deep copying is only relevant for compound
objects (objects that contain other objects, like lists or class instances):
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index a4dbd63..2a16661 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ indexed and sliced::
[9, 16, 25]
All slice operations return a new list containing the requested elements. This
-means that the following slice returns a new (shallow) copy of the list::
+means that the following slice returns a
+:ref:`shallow copy <shallow_vs_deep_copy>` of the list::
>>> squares[:]
[1, 4, 9, 16, 25]