I'm reviewing some old python code and came accross this 'pattern' frequently:
class Foo(object):
def __init__(self, other = None):
if other:
self.__dict__ = dict(other.__dict__)
Is this how a copy constructor is typically implemented in Python?
Note that the attributes aren't copied, they are shared.
>>> a = Foo()
>>> a.x=[1,2,3]
>>> b = Foo(a)
>>> b.x[2] = 4
>>> a.x
[1, 2, 4]
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