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 thecopy
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 thecopy
module. - shallow equality
- Equality of references, or two references that point to the same object.