1. shallow copy - Noun
2. shallow copy - Verb
shallow copy (plural shallow copies)
(computing) 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.
shallow-copy (third-person singular simple present shallow-copies, present participle shallow-copying, simple past and past participle shallow-copied)
(transitive) To make a shallow copy of.
The bug came from trying to shallow-copy a mutable structure.
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