docstr: Return a copied instance of the object.
  
  Returns:
      An independent copy of the current object.
docstr_tok: ["Return","a","copied","instance","of","the","object",".","Returns",":","An","independent","copy","of","the","current","object","."]
code: def copy(self):
      """Return a copied instance of the object.
  
      Returns:
          An independent copy of the current object.
      """
      kwargs = self._kwargs()
      return self.__class__(**kwargs)
  
imports: import codecs
  import io
  import locale
  import logging
  import os
  from ._compat import text_type
  from .None import backend
  from .None import tools
label_desc: Use image node_id 7 for calling the Base obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.copy() and returns: self