The standard idiom (I guess) is to use the slice >>> a=[1,2,3,4] >>> b=a >>> b is a True >>> b [1, 2, 3, 4] >>> c=a[:] >>> c is a False >>> c [1, 2, 3, 4]
This is shallow copy If you want deep copy then from copy import deepcopy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
