Copy constractor makes a shallow copy or a deep copy of the data

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my name is mina i want to ask when i create a copy constractor do it create a deep copy or a shallow copy of the data as in this code :

public class person
{
    public string name, location;



    public person()
    {

    }



    public person(string name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public person(string location ,string name)
    {
        this.location = location;
        this.name = name;
    }

    public person(person args)
    {
        this.name = args.name;
    }
}

What I have tried:

i just used the break point at this code but this thing is still missy for me

Posted 4-Aug-19 21:01pm

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Updated 4-Aug-19 21:19pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-04T21:19:00

That code creates a shallow copy - but it doesn't even create a full shallow copy because the location field is not copied at all!

The problem is that a shallow copy duplicates value types but copies references to reference types, and a deep copy duplicates both; so with a shallow copy if you modify part of the reference type properties in the copy it affects both copy and original, but with a deep copy it doesn't - but a string is a bad selection to use here because although it is a reference type it's a special case as it is immutable: you cannot change it onces created.