Copyable

class pybrops.core.io.Copyable.Copyable

Bases: object

Abstract class for defining objects which can be copied.

This abstract class defines four functions with the following purposes:

• __copy__ and __deepcopy__ implement the Python copy interface.

• copy and deepcopy allow for the direct copying of objects.

Methods

copy	Make a shallow copy of the Copyable object.
deepcopy	Make a deep copy of the Copyable object.

abstract copy()

Make a shallow copy of the Copyable object.

Returns:

out – A shallow copy of the Copyable object.

Return type:

Copyable

abstract deepcopy(memo)

Make a deep copy of the Copyable object.

Parameters:

memo (dict, None) – An optional dictionary of memo metadata.

Returns:

out – A deep copy of the Copyable object.

Return type:

Copyable