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How to Make a Shallow Clone of an Object in Python

Demonstrates using copy.copy() to create a shallow clone of a Python object, showing how nested mutable data is shared while top-level attributes are independent.

copy shallow-copy clone

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import copy


class Config:
    def __init__(self):
        self.settings = {"volume": 50}
        self.user = "admin"


def demonstrate_shallow_copy():
    original = Config()
    shallow = copy.copy(original)

    # Mutating nested object is visible in both (shallow copy share it)
    shallow.settings["volume"] = 90…

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