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Diffstat (limited to 'bs4')
| -rw-r--r-- | bs4/element.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bs4/element.py b/bs4/element.py index e75d326..42b4a51 100644 --- a/bs4/element.py +++ b/bs4/element.py @@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ class NavigableString(str, PageElement): return type(self)(self) def __copy__(self): + """A copy of a NavigableString can only be a deep copy, because + only one PageElement can occupy a given place in a parse tree. + """ return self.__deepcopy__({}) def __getnewargs__(self): @@ -1341,8 +1344,9 @@ class Tag(PageElement): return clone def __copy__(self): - # A copy of a Tag must always be a deep copy, because the - # Tag's children can only have one parent at a time. + """A copy of a Tag must always be a deep copy, because a Tag's + children can only have one parent at a time. + """ return self.__deepcopy__({}) def _clone(self): |