How can you copy (clone) a string?

[Mark Jackson]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Max_M=F8ller_Rasmussen?= <maxm at normik.dk> writes:
> Just use slice:
> 
> a = 'a'
> b = a[:]

Doesn't work, at least in 1.5.2:

>>> a = 'a'
>>> b = a[:]
>>> a is b
1

The following perversity seems to do the trick unless a = '':

>>> c = repr(a)[1:-1]
>>> a is c
0

But I am inclined to agree with the eff-bot:  If you think you need to
do this, it's time to redesign your program.

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