[docs] [issue14112] tutorial intro talks of "shallow copy" concept without explanation

Raymond Hettinger report at bugs.python.org
Sun Feb 26 03:07:58 CET 2012


Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

FWIW, the shallow/deep terminology is not unique to Python and is commonly used in computer science.

In my experience teaching Python, the terms are somewhat self-descriptive and only become perplexing when someone over-explains them.

That said, a glossary entry is appropriate.

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