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11 //! The `Clone` trait for types that cannot be 'implicitly copied'
13 //! In Rust, some simple types are "implicitly copyable" and when you
14 //! assign them or pass them as arguments, the receiver will get a copy,
15 //! leaving the original value in place. These types do not require
16 //! allocation to copy and do not have finalizers (i.e. they do not
17 //! contain owned boxes or implement `Drop`), so the compiler considers
18 //! them cheap and safe to copy. For other types copies must be made
19 //! explicitly, by convention implementing the `Clone` trait and calling
20 //! the `clone` method.
26 /// A common trait for cloning an object.
28 /// Returns a copy of the value.
29 fn clone(&self) -> Self;
31 /// Perform copy-assignment from `source`.
33 /// `a.clone_from(&b)` is equivalent to `a = b.clone()` in functionality,
34 /// but can be overridden to reuse the resources of `a` to avoid unnecessary
37 #[experimental = "this function is mostly unused"]
38 fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self) {
39 *self = source.clone()
43 impl<'a, Sized? T> Clone for &'a T {
44 /// Return a shallow copy of the reference.
46 fn clone(&self) -> &'a T { *self }
49 macro_rules! clone_impl(
52 /// Return a deep copy of the value.
54 fn clone(&self) -> $t { *self }
78 macro_rules! extern_fn_clone(
80 #[experimental = "this may not be sufficient for fns with region parameters"]
81 impl<$($A,)* ReturnType> Clone for extern "Rust" fn($($A),*) -> ReturnType {
82 /// Return a copy of a function pointer
84 fn clone(&self) -> extern "Rust" fn($($A),*) -> ReturnType { *self }
91 extern_fn_clone!(A, B)
92 extern_fn_clone!(A, B, C)
93 extern_fn_clone!(A, B, C, D)
94 extern_fn_clone!(A, B, C, D, E)
95 extern_fn_clone!(A, B, C, D, E, F)
96 extern_fn_clone!(A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
97 extern_fn_clone!(A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)