I'm using a parent dict from which to generate a child, here's the problem :
child = parent
This obviously means editing the child will also edit the parent, they're just different names for the same object. I want them to be separate objects
child=parent.copy()
child=dict(parent)
Both of these solve the problem only for top level key:value pairs. Any value that's a nested dict is still shared between child and parent
child=json.loads(json.dumps(parent))
This is the only solution I've found that works but it feels so wrong ! Does anyone know a better/simpler way ?
