Merge pull request #5234 from dalthviz/fixes_issue_5213

PR: Handle error when using deepcopy in the collections editor.
spyder-ide · Sep 14, 2017 · 78e60c3 · 78e60c3
2 parents 4147bcd + 8862fc6
commit 78e60c3
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diff --git a/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/collectionseditor.py b/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/collectionseditor.py
@@ -1305,7 +1305,10 @@ def setup(self, data, title='', readonly=False, width=650, remote=False,
         else:
             # unknown object
             import copy
-            self.data_copy = copy.deepcopy(data)
+            try:
+                self.data_copy = copy.deepcopy(data)
+            except NotImplementedError:
+                self.data_copy = copy.copy(data)
             datalen = len(get_object_attrs(data))
         self.widget = CollectionsEditorWidget(self, self.data_copy, title=title,
                                               readonly=readonly, remote=remote)