Copying configobj

[FlavioAlexander]

Hello,

Is there a way to copy the configobj instance? I know there there is a copy method, but it returns a type dict. I want to be able to modify the copy and return its result without affecting the original object.

Best,

Flavio

[jhermann]

Use merge to copy the values into a new, empty ConfigObj.

[FlavioAlexander]

@jhermann Thanks for your response. I have tried merge. However, if I modify the new copy, e.g. delete a section, the original 'configobj object' gets modified as well.

[jhermann]

Looking at the code, mutable objects (sections) are copied as-is; means you need to apply deepcopy to untangle the two objects fully.

[FlavioAlexander]

I ended up deepcopying section by section and it worked, thanks for your help.

[jhermann]

Keeping this open to either document it, or add it to the code (possibly as a keyword param of merge()).