From 05ba0363464c15a3e9167618491d315acd306283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:54:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] better new_path

---
 src/hooked_containers/container.py | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooked_containers/container.py b/src/hooked_containers/container.py
index e76483f..7376de6 100644
--- a/src/hooked_containers/container.py
+++ b/src/hooked_containers/container.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Container, Iterable, MutableMapping, MutableSequence, Sized
-from copy import copy
 from typing import Protocol, TypeVar
 
 from . import events as e
@@ -57,9 +56,7 @@ class HookedContainer(ABC, Sized, Iterable[T], Container[T]):
     # Custom Methods
 
     def new_path(self, key):
-        new_path = copy(self._path)
-        new_path.append(key)
-        return new_path
+        return (*self._path, key)
 
     def get_nested(self, keys):
         """Recursively call __getitem__ with each key in the iterable."""