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shallow copy

noun

Definitions

  1. A copy of a data structure which shares any linked structures with the original.

    • If you modify that, you'll modify all the shallow copies of the header that points to it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shallow copy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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