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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-02-09 10:27:48 (GMT) |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-02-09 10:27:48 (GMT) |
| commit | f0f9679d5ce6b65f4b41f1c42b24c6ab43923a41 (patch) | |
| tree | 57e8b7d5212ffa63601ab8af9a332dbc2f154719 /Doc | |
| parent | 0bfa963fbb45602923b858d00a44e788a4a42ad5 (diff) | |
| parent | 5b14d732d8790a6a19cc8aa410740575ff94c85a (diff) | |
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merge from 3.2
Issue #9021 - Introduce copy module better in the docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/copy.rst b/Doc/library/copy.rst index 5ae79aa9..0c68bd9 100644 --- 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: |