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What is the difference between shallow and deep cloning?
Updated May 6, 2026
Short answer
Shallow copy copies references; deep copy duplicates nested objects.
Deep explanation
Shallow cloning copies top-level properties, while nested objects still reference original memory. Deep cloning recursively copies all levels.
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