Raymond Hettinger wrote: > Use copy.copy() for generic copying -- it works across a wide range of > objects. Alternatively, use the constructor as generic way to make > duplicates: > > dup = set(s) > dup = list(l) > dup = dict(d) > dup = tuple(t) # note, the duplicate is original object here :-)
I know all this, but why then is there a copy method for sets and dictionaries? What justification is valid for sets and dictionaries that doesn't apply to lists? Regards, Nicolas _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
