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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, deep=True):
 """ Returns a copy of the object Parameters deep : bool, optional When True makes a full copy of the object. Returns ------- newobject : same as input Deep or shallow copy of the input. """

        thistype = type(self)
        newobject = thistype()
        if deep:
            newobject.DeepCopy(self)
        else:
            newobject.ShallowCopy(self)
        newobject.copy_meta_from(self)
        return newobject