How do I deep copy tuples in Python with standard library only?

In Python, tuples are immutable and cannot be changed after their creation, which means they cannot be deep copied in the traditional sense. However, you can achieve a similar effect by converting them into a list, deep copying the list, and then converting it back into a tuple. Here’s how to do it with the standard library only:

import copy original_tuple = (1, 2, (3, 4), [5, 6]) # Convert the tuple to a list temp_list = list(original_tuple) # Deep copy the list deep_copied_list = copy.deepcopy(temp_list) # Convert the deep copied list back to a tuple deep_copied_tuple = tuple(deep_copied_list) print("Original Tuple:", original_tuple) print("Deep Copied Tuple:", deep_copied_tuple)

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