shallow-copy

verb

To make a shallow copy of.

“The bug came from trying to shallow-copy a mutable structure.”

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Meanings

verbshallow-copy (third-person singular simple present shallow-copies, present participle shallow-copying, simple past and past participle shallow-copied)

present singular third person shallow-copies · participle present shallow-copying · participle past shallow-copied · past shallow-copied

  1. transitiveTo make a shallow copy of.

    The bug came from trying to shallow-copy a mutable structure.

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APA

shallow-copy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallow-copy

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shallow-copy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallow-copy.

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