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import copy
__author__ = 'mirrorcoder'

CHILDREN = '__children__'


class Namespace:

    def __init__(self, vars={}):
        if not CHILDREN in vars:
            vars[CHILDREN] = dict()
        self.vars = vars

    def fork(self, is_deep_copy=False):
        return Namespace(copy.copy(self.vars)) if not is_deep_copy else Namespace(copy.deepcopy(self.vars))
