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In [154]: x = ['foo', [1,2,['bar','baz']], 10.4]
In [155]: y = x[:]
In [156]: y
Out[156]: ['foo', [1, 2, ['bar', 'baz']], 10.4]
In [157]: y[1][2][1]='rump'
In [158]: y
Out[158]: ['foo', [1, 2, ['bar', 'rump']], 10.4]
In [159]: x
Out[159]: ['foo', [1, 2, ['bar', 'rump']], 10.4]
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