From a2903fc158c931a07919e950009df371119b7496 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fahim Abdullah <122386519+fahimlisl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:20:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: fix JavaScript lint errors (issue #11082)

---
 lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/copy/lib/deep_copy.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/copy/lib/deep_copy.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/copy/lib/deep_copy.js
index 802e3583c916..c0fe45232b89 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/copy/lib/deep_copy.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/copy/lib/deep_copy.js
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ function deepCopy( val, copy, cache, refs, level ) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			// Plain array or object...
-			ref = ( isArray( x ) ) ? new Array( x.length ) : {};
+			ref = ( isArray( x ) ) ? [] : {};
 			cache.push( x );
 			refs.push( ref );
 			if ( parent === 'array' ) {