From 22bd0527e5003f7091c21f86ec0876904c18d536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SimpleArt <71458112+SimpleArt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:40:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Deepcopy'd data

---
 src/structure/chromosome.py | 11 ++++++-----
 src/structure/gene.py       |  8 ++------
 src/structure/population.py | 14 ++++++--------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/structure/chromosome.py b/src/structure/chromosome.py
index d25080f..e9106ae 100644
--- a/src/structure/chromosome.py
+++ b/src/structure/chromosome.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+from copy import deepcopy
+
 class Chromosome:
 
-    def __init__(self, gene_list = None):
-        if gene_list is None:
-            self.gene_list = []
-        else:
-            self.gene_list = gene_list
+    def __init__(self, gene_list = []):
+        """Initialize the chromosome with fitness value of None, and a
+        set of genes dependent on user-passed parameter."""
 
+        self.gene_list = deepcopy(gene_list)
         self.fitness = None
 
 
diff --git a/src/structure/gene.py b/src/structure/gene.py
index 3729d50..bc8f054 100644
--- a/src/structure/gene.py
+++ b/src/structure/gene.py
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-def check_gene(value):
-    #Check to make sure the gene is not empty
-    assert value != "" , "Gene can not be empty"
-    return value
-
+from copy import deepcopy
 
 class Gene:
 
     def __init__(self, value):
         """Initialize a gene with fitness of value None and the input value"""
+        self.value = deepcopy(value)
         self.fitness = None
-        self.value = check_gene(value)
 
 
     def get_fitness(self):
diff --git a/src/structure/population.py b/src/structure/population.py
index b532bef..6445d05 100644
--- a/src/structure/population.py
+++ b/src/structure/population.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
+from copy import deepcopy
+
 class Population:
 
-    def __init__(self, chromosome_list = None):
-        """Intiialize the population with fitness of value None, and a
-        set of chromosomes dependant on user-passed parameter"""
-
-        if chromosome_list is None:
-          self.chromosome_list = []
-        else:
-          self.chromosome_list = chromosome_list
+    def __init__(self, chromosome_list = []):
+        """Initialize the population with fitness of value None, and a
+        set of chromosomes dependant on user-passed parameter."""
 
+        self.chromosome_list = deepcopy(chromosome_list)
         self.fitness = None
         self.mating_pool = []
         self.next_population = []