Assignments and globals

[David Bolen]

echuck3 at my-deja.com writes:

> Here's another good one: Copy a dictionary with the copy() method.
> Sounds good. Copy a list with...[:]? While I certainly support [:] as a
> valid technique that meshes with slicing, it wouldn't hurt to have a
> copy() method for copying.

One alternative is to use the copy module to copy objects
consistently, and it also offers deep copies for when you need them.

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