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r74737 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-09 18:49:13 +0200 (Mi, 09 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Properly document copy and deepcopy as functions.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/copy.rst b/Doc/library/copy.rst
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.. module:: copy
:synopsis: Shallow and deep copy operations.
-
-.. index::
- single: copy() (in copy)
- single: deepcopy() (in copy)
-
This module provides generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
-Interface summary::
- import copy
+Interface summary:
- x = copy.copy(y) # make a shallow copy of y
- x = copy.deepcopy(y) # make a deep copy of y
+.. function:: copy(x)
-For module specific errors, :exc:`copy.error` is raised.
+ Return a shallow copy of *x*.
+
+
+.. function:: deepcopy(x)
+
+ Return a deep copy of *x*.
+
+
+.. exception:: error
+
+ Raised for module specific errors.
+
The difference between shallow and deep copying is only relevant for compound
objects (objects that contain other objects, like lists or class instances):