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diff --git a/Doc/library/copy.rst b/Doc/library/copy.rst index 6fb3100..50baabf 100644 --- a/Doc/library/copy.rst +++ b/Doc/library/copy.rst @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ file, socket, window, array, or any similar types. It does "copy" functions and classes (shallow and deeply), by returning the original object unchanged; this is compatible with the way these are treated by the :mod:`pickle` module. +Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using :meth:`dict.copy`, and +of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example, +``copied_list = original_list[:]``. + .. versionchanged:: 2.5 Added copying functions. |