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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, strip=None, deep='ref'):
 """ Return another instance of the object, with the same attributes If deep=True, all attributes themselves are also copies """

        dd = self.to_dict(strip=strip, deep=deep)
        return self.__class__(fromdict=dd)