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Remove outdated paragraph from deepcopy docstring #35192

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4 changes: 0 additions & 4 deletions base/deepcopy.jl
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Expand Up @@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ independent object. For example, deep-copying an array produces a new array whos
are deep copies of the original elements. Calling `deepcopy` on an object should generally
have the same effect as serializing and then deserializing it.
As a special case, functions can only be actually deep-copied if they are anonymous,
otherwise they are just copied. The difference is only relevant in the case of closures,
i.e. functions which may contain hidden internal references.
While it isn't normally necessary, user-defined types can override the default `deepcopy`
behavior by defining a specialized version of the function
`deepcopy_internal(x::T, dict::IdDict)` (which shouldn't otherwise be used),
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