15.5. Glossary
- deep copy
- To copy the contents of an object as well as any embedded objects, and
any objects embedded in them, and so on; implemented by the
deepcopy function in the copy module.
- deep equality
- Equality of values, or two references that point to objects that have
the same value.
- shallow copy
- To copy the contents of an object, including any references to embedded
objects; implemented by the
copy function in the copy module.
- shallow equality
- Equality of references, or two references that point to the same object.
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