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What is the difference between a shallow copy and deep copy?

Answer Posted / Rishabh Bajpai

A shallow copy in Python copies the references to objects, while a deep copy creates a new instance of the object. In case of nested lists or complex data structures, a shallow copy will not duplicate the inner structures, while a deep copy will.

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