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new_list = old_list.copy()
new_list = old_list[:]
new_list = list(old_list)
import copy new_list = copy.copy(old_list)
import copy new_list = copy.deepcopy(old_list)
import copy class Foo(object): def __init__(self, val): self.val = val def __repr__(self): return 'Foo({!r})'.format(self.val) foo = Foo(1) a = ['foo', foo] b = a.copy() c = a[:] d = list(a) e = copy.copy(a) f = copy.deepcopy(a) # edit orignal list and instance a.append('baz') foo.val = 5 print('original: %r\nlist.copy(): %r\nslice: %r\nlist(): %r\ncopy: %r\ndeepcopy: %r' % (a, b, c, d, e, f))
original: ['foo', Foo(5), 'baz'] list.copy(): ['foo', Foo(5)] slice: ['foo', Foo(5)] list(): ['foo', Foo(5)] copy: ['foo', Foo(5)] deepcopy: ['foo', Foo(1)]
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from copy import deepcopy class old_class: def __init__(self): self.blah = 'blah' class new_class(object): def __init__(self): self.blah = 'blah' dignore = {str: None, unicode: None, int: None, type(None): None} def Copy(obj, use_deepcopy=True): t = type(obj) if t in (list, tuple): if t == tuple: # Convert to a list if a tuple to # allow assigning to when copying is_tuple = True obj = list(obj) else: # Otherwise just do a quick slice copy obj = obj[:] is_tuple = False # Copy each item recursively for x in xrange(len(obj)): if type(obj[x]) in dignore: continue obj[x] = Copy(obj[x], use_deepcopy) if is_tuple: # Convert back into a tuple again obj = tuple(obj) elif t == dict: # Use the fast shallow dict copy() method and copy any # values which aren't immutable (like lists, dicts etc) obj = obj.copy() for k in obj: if type(obj[k]) in dignore: continue obj[k] = Copy(obj[k], use_deepcopy) elif t in dignore: # Numeric or string/unicode? # It's immutable, so ignore it! pass elif use_deepcopy: obj = deepcopy(obj) return obj if __name__ == '__main__': import copy from time import time num_times = 100000 L = [None, 'blah', 1, 543.4532, ['foo'], ('bar',), {'blah': 'blah'}, old_class(), new_class()] t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): Copy(L) print 'Custom Copy:', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): Copy(L, use_deepcopy=False) print 'Custom Copy Only Copying Lists/Tuples/Dicts (no classes):', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): copy.copy(L) print 'copy.copy:', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): copy.deepcopy(L) print 'copy.deepcopy:', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): L[:] print 'list slicing [:]:', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): list(L) print 'list(L):', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): [i for i in L] print 'list expression(L):', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): a = [] a.extend(L) print 'list extend:', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): a = [] for y in L: a.append(y) print 'list append:', time()-t t = time() for i in xrange(num_times): a = [] a.extend(i for i in L) print 'generator expression extend:', time()-t
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newlist = old_list.copy()
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a_copy = a_list.copy()
a_copy = a_list[:]
a_copy = a_list[:]
a_copy = list(a_list)
>>> timeit >>> l = range(20) >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: l[:])) 0.30504298210144043 >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: list(l))) 0.40698814392089844
a_copy = a_list.copy()
>>> import timeit >>> l = list(range(20)) >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: l[:])) 0.38448613602668047 >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: list(l))) 0.6309100328944623 >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: l.copy())) 0.38122922903858125
>>> l = [[], [], []] >>> l_copy = l[:] >>> l_copy [[], [], []] >>> l_copy[0].append('foo') >>> l_copy [['foo'], [], []] >>> l [['foo'], [], []]
import copy a_deep_copy = copy.deepcopy(a_list)
>>> import copy >>> l [['foo'], [], []] >>> l_deep_copy = copy.deepcopy(l) >>> l_deep_copy[0].pop() 'foo' >>> l_deep_copy [[], [], []] >>> l [['foo'], [], []]
problematic_deep_copy = eval(repr(a_list))
>>> import timeit >>> import copy >>> l = range(10) >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: copy.deepcopy(l))) 27.55826997756958 >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: eval(repr(l)))) 29.04534101486206
>>> import timeit >>> import copy >>> l = list(range(10)) >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: copy.deepcopy(l))) 16.84255409205798 >>> min(timeit.repeat(lambda: eval(repr(l)))) 34.813894678023644
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new_list = list(my_list) # or my_list[:], but I prefer this syntax # is simply a shorter way of: new_list = [element for element in my_list]
import copy # each element must have __copy__ defined for this... new_list = [copy.copy(element) for element in my_list]
import copy # each element must have __deepcopy__ defined for this... new_list = copy.deepcopy(my_list)