A small suggestion for Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

ssthapa at harper.uchicago.edu wrote:
> Also there are times when making copies is not possible or would be
> the wrong thing to do.  For example if the array contains objects representing
> email messages which you sort based on time.  Copying the emails may not be
> pratical especially if they contain large attachments.

copy.copy(L) (and L[:]) does a shallow copy.  it only copies
the pointers, not the members.

Cheers /F