Roundup Robot devn...@psf.upfronthosting.co.za added the comment:
New changeset 0e050b38e92b by Senthil Kumaran in branch '2.7':
Issue #9021: Add an introduction to the copy module. Doc changes suggested by
Terry Reedy.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0e050b38e92b
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Roundup Robot devn...@psf.upfronthosting.co.za added the comment:
New changeset a352e24b9907 by Senthil Kumaran in branch '3.2':
Issue #9021 - Introduce copy module better. Doc changes suggested by Terry
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a352e24b9907
New changeset bf6f306ad5cf by Senthil Kumaran
Senthil Kumaran sent...@uthcode.com added the comment:
Added suggested changes to the documentation. Thanks.
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anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com added the comment:
Perfectionist in me says that now copy.copy theory should be diluted with
examples for those who can't grasp the concept of binding of variables, but
the patch perfectly covers the original user story. Thanks.
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Senthil Kumaran orsent...@gmail.com added the comment:
I am +0 on this change. The existing introduction is fine and the
discussion where shallow and deep copy is discussed is more important.
It is okay to assume that the reader is aware of the assignment
operation nature, i.e. it does not
anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com added the comment:
The doc change suggested by Terry could be helpful in the tutorial
where a copy module is mentioned.
Can you post a link to this tutorial here?
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Senthil Kumaran orsent...@gmail.com added the comment:
Can you post a link to this tutorial here?
Section 9.1 and 9.2 of the docs.python.org/tutorial
It may not be as explicit as you might want it to be, but it does sets
up background that assignments do not copy the object.
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Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
The intro paragraph currently (3.2a) consists of
This module provides generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
This could be expanded to '''
Assignment statements create bindings between a target and an object. They
never duplicate or
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
Shorter and better version.
Assignment statements create bindings between a target and an object. They
never duplicate or copy an existing object. For collections that are mutable or
contain mutable items, a copy is sometimes needed so one
New submission from anatoly techtonik techto...@gmail.com:
`copy` module covers very important aspect of Python programming. However its
documentation doesn't provide any intro or overview of this problem starting
right from details. When people meet `copy` construction in the code - the
Changes by Giampaolo Rodola' g.rod...@gmail.com:
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http://bugs.python.org/issue9021
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