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Update documention of stdlib copy to clear that list can also be shallow copied via .copy() #131027

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Expand Up @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ file, socket, window, or any similar types. It does "copy" functions and
classes (shallow and deeply), by returning the original object unchanged; this
is compatible with the way these are treated by the :mod:`pickle` module.

Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using :meth:`dict.copy`, and
of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example,
Shallow copies of dictionaries and lists can be made using :meth:`dict.copy`. And
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This now links to dict.copy for both a dicts and lists?

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it means dict type and list type, .copy() is both their built-in method

of lists can also be made by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example,
``copied_list = original_list[:]``.

.. index:: pair: module; pickle
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