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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def copy(self, extra=None):
 """ Creates a copy of this instance with a randomly generated uid and some extra params. This creates a deep copy of the embedded paramMap, and copies the embedded and extra parameters over. :param extra: Extra parameters to copy to the new instance :return: Copy of this instance """

        if extra is None:
            extra = dict()
        newModel = Params.copy(self, extra)
        newModel.models = [model.copy(extra) for model in self.models]
        return newModel