Index: src/AST/Copy.hpp
===================================================================
--- src/AST/Copy.hpp	(revision 451d9580a1907a9ec491628a954f8a1767f660dd)
+++ src/AST/Copy.hpp	(revision 00a8e1987bc169a6b50a97b6d00f2aea4e4233e0)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 // Created On       : Wed Jul 10 16:13:00 2019
 // Last Modified By : Andrew Beach
-// Last Modified On : Thr Nov 11  9:22:00 2021
-// Update Count     : 2
+// Last Modified On : Wed Dec 15 11:07:00 2021
+// Update Count     : 3
 //
 
@@ -52,4 +52,14 @@
 Node * deepCopy<Node>( const Node * localRoot );
 
+template<typename node_t, enum Node::ref_type ref_t>
+node_t * shallowCopy( const ptr_base<node_t, ref_t> & localRoot ) {
+	return shallowCopy( localRoot.get() );
+}
+
+template<typename node_t, enum Node::ref_type ref_t>
+node_t * deepCopy( const ptr_base<node_t, ref_t> & localRoot ) {
+	return deepCopy( localRoot.get() );
+}
+
 }
 
Index: src/AST/Node.hpp
===================================================================
--- src/AST/Node.hpp	(revision 451d9580a1907a9ec491628a954f8a1767f660dd)
+++ src/AST/Node.hpp	(revision 00a8e1987bc169a6b50a97b6d00f2aea4e4233e0)
@@ -188,4 +188,9 @@
 	}
 
+	ptr_base & operator=( const node_t * node ) {
+		assign( node );
+		return *this;
+	}
+
 	template<typename o_node_t>
 	ptr_base & operator=( const o_node_t * node ) {