Quick shallow-copy idiom

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

y = type(x)(x)

[paulhankin]

On Sep 19, 10:48 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-
central.gen.new_zealandwrote:

y = type(x)(x)

Nice trick, but is it better than the explicit:
y = copy.copy(x)

(I think not, because copy.copy works for example, on classes
which take more than one argument to their constructor).

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Paul Hankin