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[Python-Dev] RE: [Python-checkins] python/nondist/peps pep-0323.txt, NONE, 1.1 pep-0000.txt, 1.254, 1.255

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Oct 28 12:51:59 EST 2003 
> Yes, the use case of __deepcopy__ is indeed quite different (and
> to be honest it doesn't appear in my actual experience -- I can "imagine"
> some as well as the next man, but they'd be made out of whole cloth:-).
> But I was under the impression that you wanted them in PEP 323 too?
> Maybe I misunderstood your words.  Should I take them out of PEP 323?
> In that case somebody else can later PEP that if they want, and I can
> basically wash my hands of them -- what do you think?

I think it would be better of PEP 323 only did __copy__, so you can
remove all traces of __deepcopy__.  I don't recall what I said, maybe
I wasn't clear.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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