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| But the default behavior may become the "true" copy, that seems
| simpler for a newbie to grasp.

To me, it is the opposite.  If I say
gvr = Guido_van_Russum # or any natural language equivalent
do you really think a copy is made?

Copying is much more work than defining an alias or nickname.



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