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<div class='docblock'><p>The <code>Clone</code> trait for types that cannot be 'implicitly copied'.</p>
<p>In Rust, some simple types are "implicitly copyable" and when you
assign them or pass them as arguments, the receiver will get a copy,
leaving the original value in place. These types do not require
allocation to copy and do not have finalizers (i.e. they do not
contain owned boxes or implement <a href="../../std/ops/trait.Drop.html"><code>Drop</code></a>), so the compiler considers
them cheap and safe to copy. For other types copies must be made
explicitly, by convention implementing the <a href="trait.Clone.html"><code>Clone</code></a> trait and calling
the <a href="trait.Clone.html#tymethod.clone"><code>clone</code></a> method.</p>
<p>Basic usage example:</p>
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<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">s</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">String</span>::<span class="ident">new</span>(); <span class="comment">// String type implements Clone</span>
<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">copy</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">s</span>.<span class="ident">clone</span>(); <span class="comment">// so we can clone it</span><a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=fn%20main()%20%7B%0Alet%20s%20%3D%20String%3A%3Anew()%3B%20%2F%2F%20String%20type%20implements%20Clone%0Alet%20copy%20%3D%20s.clone()%3B%20%2F%2F%20so%20we%20can%20clone%20it%0A%7D">Run</a></pre>
<p>To easily implement the Clone trait, you can also use
<code>#[derive(Clone)]</code>. Example:</p>
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<span class="attribute">#[<span class="ident">derive</span>(<span class="ident">Clone</span>)]</span> <span class="comment">// we add the Clone trait to Morpheus struct</span>
<span class="kw">struct</span> <span class="ident">Morpheus</span> {
<span class="ident">blue_pill</span>: <span class="ident">f32</span>,
<span class="ident">red_pill</span>: <span class="ident">i64</span>,
}
<span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">main</span>() {
<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">f</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Morpheus</span> { <span class="ident">blue_pill</span>: <span class="number">0.0</span>, <span class="ident">red_pill</span>: <span class="number">0</span> };
<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">copy</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">f</span>.<span class="ident">clone</span>(); <span class="comment">// and now we can clone it!</span>
}<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23%5Bderive(Clone)%5D%20%2F%2F%20we%20add%20the%20Clone%20trait%20to%20Morpheus%20struct%0Astruct%20Morpheus%20%7B%0A%20%20%20blue_pill%3A%20f32%2C%0A%20%20%20red_pill%3A%20i64%2C%0A%7D%0A%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0A%20%20%20let%20f%20%3D%20Morpheus%20%7B%20blue_pill%3A%200.0%2C%20red_pill%3A%200%20%7D%3B%0A%20%20%20let%20copy%20%3D%20f.clone()%3B%20%2F%2F%20and%20now%20we%20can%20clone%20it!%0A%7D%0A">Run</a></pre>
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<p>A common trait for the ability to explicitly duplicate an object.</p>
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