Why aren't copy and deepcopy in __builtins__?

[John Ladasky]

Simple question.  I use these functions much more frequently than many
others which are included in __builtins__.  I don't know if my
programming needs are atypical, but my experience has led me to wonder
why I have to import these functions.
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