how to copy a Python object

[mitsura at skynet.be]

Hi,

I am new to Python and OO programming.
I need to copy a Python object (of a class I made myself).
new_obj = old_object doesn't seem to work since apparently new_obj is
then a referrence to old_obj.

I found out that there is a module called 'copy' that allows you to do
a shallow or a deep copy.
I need a deep copy since my object contains dicts to other objects that
also need to be copied.

However, when I do new_object = copy.deepcopy(old_object) I get a
series of errors. The most important one:
"
TypeError: object.__new__(PySwigObject) is not safe, use
PySwigObject.__new__()
"

So any help much appreciated.

With kind regards,

Kris

I am using Python 2.4