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1//! The `Clone` trait for types that cannot be 'implicitly copied'.
2//!
3//! In Rust, some simple types are "implicitly copyable" and when you
4//! assign them or pass them as arguments, the receiver will get a copy,
5//! leaving the original value in place. These types do not require
6//! allocation to copy and do not have finalizers (i.e., they do not
7//! contain owned boxes or implement [`Drop`]), so the compiler considers
8//! them cheap and safe to copy. For other types copies must be made
9//! explicitly, by convention implementing the [`Clone`] trait and calling
10//! the [`clone`] method.
11//!
12//! [`clone`]: Clone::clone
13//!
14//! Basic usage example:
15//!
16//! ```
17//! let s = String::new(); // String type implements Clone
18//! let copy = s.clone(); // so we can clone it
19//! ```
20//!
21//! To easily implement the Clone trait, you can also use
22//! `#[derive(Clone)]`. Example:
23//!
24//! ```
25//! #[derive(Clone)] // we add the Clone trait to Morpheus struct
26//! struct Morpheus {
27//!    blue_pill: f32,
28//!    red_pill: i64,
29//! }
30//!
31//! fn main() {
32//!    let f = Morpheus { blue_pill: 0.0, red_pill: 0 };
33//!    let copy = f.clone(); // and now we can clone it!
34//! }
35//! ```
36
37#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
38
39use crate::marker::{Destruct, PointeeSized};
40
41mod uninit;
42
43/// A common trait that allows explicit creation of a duplicate value.
44///
45/// Calling [`clone`] always produces a new value.
46/// However, for types that are references to other data (such as smart pointers or references),
47/// the new value may still point to the same underlying data, rather than duplicating it.
48/// See [`Clone::clone`] for more details.
49///
50/// This distinction is especially important when using `#[derive(Clone)]` on structs containing
51/// smart pointers like `Arc<Mutex<T>>` - the cloned struct will share mutable state with the
52/// original.
53///
54/// Differs from [`Copy`] in that [`Copy`] is implicit and an inexpensive bit-wise copy, while
55/// `Clone` is always explicit and may or may not be expensive. [`Copy`] has no methods, so you
56/// cannot change its behavior, but when implementing `Clone`, the `clone` method you provide
57/// may run arbitrary code.
58///
59/// Since `Clone` is a supertrait of [`Copy`], any type that implements `Copy` must also implement
60/// `Clone`.
61///
62/// ## Derivable
63///
64/// This trait can be used with `#[derive]` if all fields are `Clone`. The `derive`d
65/// implementation of [`Clone`] calls [`clone`] on each field.
66///
67/// [`clone`]: Clone::clone
68///
69/// For a generic struct, `#[derive]` implements `Clone` conditionally by adding bound `Clone` on
70/// generic parameters.
71///
72/// ```
73/// // `derive` implements Clone for Reading<T> when T is Clone.
74/// #[derive(Clone)]
75/// struct Reading<T> {
76///     frequency: T,
77/// }
78/// ```
79///
80/// ## How can I implement `Clone`?
81///
82/// Types that are [`Copy`] should have a trivial implementation of `Clone`. More formally:
83/// if `T: Copy`, `x: T`, and `y: &T`, then `let x = y.clone();` is equivalent to `let x = *y;`.
84/// Manual implementations should be careful to uphold this invariant; however, unsafe code
85/// must not rely on it to ensure memory safety.
86///
87/// An example is a generic struct holding a function pointer. In this case, the
88/// implementation of `Clone` cannot be `derive`d, but can be implemented as:
89///
90/// ```
91/// struct Generate<T>(fn() -> T);
92///
93/// impl<T> Copy for Generate<T> {}
94///
95/// impl<T> Clone for Generate<T> {
96///     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
97///         *self
98///     }
99/// }
100/// ```
101///
102/// If we `derive`:
103///
104/// ```
105/// #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
106/// struct Generate<T>(fn() -> T);
107/// ```
108///
109/// the auto-derived implementations will have unnecessary `T: Copy` and `T: Clone` bounds:
110///
111/// ```
112/// # struct Generate<T>(fn() -> T);
113///
114/// // Automatically derived
115/// impl<T: Copy> Copy for Generate<T> { }
116///
117/// // Automatically derived
118/// impl<T: Clone> Clone for Generate<T> {
119///     fn clone(&self) -> Generate<T> {
120///         Generate(Clone::clone(&self.0))
121///     }
122/// }
123/// ```
124///
125/// The bounds are unnecessary because clearly the function itself should be
126/// copy- and cloneable even if its return type is not:
127///
128/// ```compile_fail,E0599
129/// #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
130/// struct Generate<T>(fn() -> T);
131///
132/// struct NotCloneable;
133///
134/// fn generate_not_cloneable() -> NotCloneable {
135///     NotCloneable
136/// }
137///
138/// Generate(generate_not_cloneable).clone(); // error: trait bounds were not satisfied
139/// // Note: With the manual implementations the above line will compile.
140/// ```
141///
142/// ## `Clone` and `PartialEq`/`Eq`
143/// `Clone` is intended for the duplication of objects. Consequently, when implementing
144/// both `Clone` and [`PartialEq`], the following property is expected to hold:
145/// ```text
146/// x == x -> x.clone() == x
147/// ```
148/// In other words, if an object compares equal to itself,
149/// its clone must also compare equal to the original.
150///
151/// For types that also implement [`Eq`] – for which `x == x` always holds –
152/// this implies that `x.clone() == x` must always be true.
153/// Standard library collections such as
154/// [`HashMap`], [`HashSet`], [`BTreeMap`], [`BTreeSet`] and [`BinaryHeap`]
155/// rely on their keys respecting this property for correct behavior.
156/// Furthermore, these collections require that cloning a key preserves the outcome of the
157/// [`Hash`] and [`Ord`] methods. Thankfully, this follows automatically from `x.clone() == x`
158/// if `Hash` and `Ord` are correctly implemented according to their own requirements.
159///
160/// When deriving both `Clone` and [`PartialEq`] using `#[derive(Clone, PartialEq)]`
161/// or when additionally deriving [`Eq`] using `#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]`,
162/// then this property is automatically upheld – provided that it is satisfied by
163/// the underlying types.
164///
165/// Violating this property is a logic error. The behavior resulting from a logic error is not
166/// specified, but users of the trait must ensure that such logic errors do *not* result in
167/// undefined behavior. This means that `unsafe` code **must not** rely on this property
168/// being satisfied.
169///
170/// ## Additional implementors
171///
172/// In addition to the [implementors listed below][impls],
173/// the following types also implement `Clone`:
174///
175/// * Function item types (i.e., the distinct types defined for each function)
176/// * Function pointer types (e.g., `fn() -> i32`)
177/// * Closure types, if they capture no value from the environment
178///   or if all such captured values implement `Clone` themselves.
179///   Note that variables captured by shared reference always implement `Clone`
180///   (even if the referent doesn't),
181///   while variables captured by mutable reference never implement `Clone`.
182///
183/// [`HashMap`]: ../../std/collections/struct.HashMap.html
184/// [`HashSet`]: ../../std/collections/struct.HashSet.html
185/// [`BTreeMap`]: ../../std/collections/struct.BTreeMap.html
186/// [`BTreeSet`]: ../../std/collections/struct.BTreeSet.html
187/// [`BinaryHeap`]: ../../std/collections/struct.BinaryHeap.html
188/// [impls]: #implementors
189#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
190#[lang = "clone"]
191#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "Clone"]
192#[rustc_trivial_field_reads]
193#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
194pub const trait Clone: Sized {
195    /// Returns a duplicate of the value.
196    ///
197    /// Note that what "duplicate" means varies by type:
198    /// - For most types, this creates a deep, independent copy
199    /// - For reference types like `&T`, this creates another reference to the same value
200    /// - For smart pointers like [`Arc`] or [`Rc`], this increments the reference count
201    ///   but still points to the same underlying data
202    ///
203    /// [`Arc`]: ../../std/sync/struct.Arc.html
204    /// [`Rc`]: ../../std/rc/struct.Rc.html
205    ///
206    /// # Examples
207    ///
208    /// ```
209    /// # #![allow(noop_method_call)]
210    /// let hello = "Hello"; // &str implements Clone
211    ///
212    /// assert_eq!("Hello", hello.clone());
213    /// ```
214    ///
215    /// Example with a reference-counted type:
216    ///
217    /// ```
218    /// use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
219    ///
220    /// let data = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![1, 2, 3]));
221    /// let data_clone = data.clone(); // Creates another Arc pointing to the same Mutex
222    ///
223    /// {
224    ///     let mut lock = data.lock().unwrap();
225    ///     lock.push(4);
226    /// }
227    ///
228    /// // Changes are visible through the clone because they share the same underlying data
229    /// assert_eq!(*data_clone.lock().unwrap(), vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
230    /// ```
231    #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
232    #[must_use = "cloning is often expensive and is not expected to have side effects"]
233    // Clone::clone is special because the compiler generates MIR to implement it for some types.
234    // See InstanceKind::CloneShim.
235    #[lang = "clone_fn"]
236    fn clone(&self) -> Self;
237
238    /// Performs copy-assignment from `source`.
239    ///
240    /// `a.clone_from(&b)` is equivalent to `a = b.clone()` in functionality,
241    /// but can be overridden to reuse the resources of `a` to avoid unnecessary
242    /// allocations.
243    #[inline]
244    #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
245    fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)
246    where
247        Self: [const] Destruct,
248    {
249        *self = source.clone()
250    }
251}
252
253/// Indicates that the `Clone` implementation is identical to copying the value.
254///
255/// This is used for some optimizations in the standard library, which specializes
256/// on this trait to select faster implementations of functions such as
257/// [`clone_from_slice`](slice::clone_from_slice). It is automatically implemented
258/// when using `#[derive(Clone, Copy)]`.
259///
260/// Note that this trait does not imply that the type is `Copy`, because e.g.
261/// `core::ops::Range<i32>` could soundly implement this trait.
262///
263/// # Safety
264/// `Clone::clone` must be equivalent to copying the value, otherwise calling functions
265/// such as `slice::clone_from_slice` can have undefined behaviour.
266#[unstable(
267    feature = "trivial_clone",
268    reason = "this isn't part of any API guarantee",
269    issue = "none"
270)]
271#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
272#[lang = "trivial_clone"]
273// SAFETY:
274// It is sound to specialize on this because the `clone` implementation cannot be
275// lifetime-dependent. Therefore, if `TrivialClone` is implemented for any lifetime,
276// its invariant holds whenever `Clone` is implemented, even if the actual
277// `TrivialClone` bound would not be satisfied because of lifetime bounds.
278#[rustc_unsafe_specialization_marker]
279// If `#[derive(Clone, Clone, Copy)]` is written, there will be multiple
280// implementations of `TrivialClone`. To keep it from appearing in error
281// messages, make it a `#[marker]` trait.
282#[marker]
283pub const unsafe trait TrivialClone: [const] Clone {}
284
285/// Derive macro generating an impl of the trait `Clone`.
286#[rustc_builtin_macro]
287#[stable(feature = "builtin_macro_prelude", since = "1.38.0")]
288#[allow_internal_unstable(core_intrinsics, derive_clone_copy_internals, trivial_clone)]
289pub macro Clone($item:item) {
290    /* compiler built-in */
291}
292
293/// A trait for types whose [`Clone`] operation creates another alias to the same
294/// logical resource or shared state.
295///
296/// `Share` refines the meaning of [`Clone`] for types where cloning a value
297/// creates another handle, reference, or alias to the same logical resource or
298/// shared state, rather than an independent owned value. The distinction is
299/// semantic, not operational: `Share` does not mean merely that cloning is
300/// cheap, constant-time, allocation-free, or convenient.
301///
302/// `Share` is a third way to think about creating another usable value:
303///
304/// * [`Copy`] may duplicate a value implicitly.
305/// * [`Clone`] explicitly creates another value.
306/// * `Share` explicitly creates another value that aliases the same underlying
307///   logical resource or shared state.
308///
309/// `Share` is not a replacement for either [`Copy`] or [`Clone`], and neither
310/// trait implies it. For example, integers are [`Copy`] but not `Share`, because
311/// copying an integer creates an independent value. Likewise, not every cheap
312/// [`Clone`] implementation is `Share`.
313///
314/// Shared references, `Rc<T>`, `Arc<T>`, `Sender<T>`, and `SyncSender<T>` are
315/// examples of types that can be shared this way. Types such as `Vec<T>`,
316/// `String`, `Box<T>`, owned collections, and similar owned values are not
317/// `Share`, even though they implement [`Clone`], because cloning them creates
318/// independent owned storage or value ownership. Mutable references (`&mut T`)
319/// are neither `Clone` nor `Share`, because you cannot have two active at once.
320///
321/// Calling [`share`](Share::share) is equivalent to calling [`clone`](Clone::clone)
322/// for implementors, but communicates that the resulting value aliases the same
323/// underlying resource. The `share` method is final, so implementors should
324/// define the operation through [`Clone::clone`] and implement `Share` only when
325/// those cloning semantics are clone-as-alias semantics.
326///
327/// # Examples
328///
329/// ```
330/// #![feature(share_trait)]
331///
332/// use std::cell::Cell;
333/// use std::clone::Share;
334/// use std::rc::Rc;
335/// use std::sync::{
336///     Arc,
337///     atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
338/// };
339///
340/// let value = 1;
341/// let reference = &value;
342/// assert!(std::ptr::eq(reference, reference.share()));
343///
344/// let rc = Rc::new(Cell::new(2));
345/// let shared_rc = rc.share();
346/// assert!(Rc::ptr_eq(&rc, &shared_rc));
347/// shared_rc.set(3);
348/// assert_eq!(rc.get(), 3);
349///
350/// let arc = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(4));
351/// let shared_arc = arc.share();
352/// assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(&arc, &shared_arc));
353/// shared_arc.store(5, Ordering::Relaxed);
354/// assert_eq!(arc.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 5);
355/// ```
356///
357/// ```
358/// #![feature(share_trait)]
359///
360/// use std::clone::Share;
361/// use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, sync_channel};
362///
363/// let (sender, receiver) = channel();
364/// let shared_sender = sender.share();
365/// sender.send(1).unwrap();
366/// shared_sender.send(2).unwrap();
367///
368/// let mut received = [receiver.recv().unwrap(), receiver.recv().unwrap()];
369/// received.sort();
370/// assert_eq!(received, [1, 2]);
371///
372/// let (sync_sender, sync_receiver) = sync_channel(2);
373/// let shared_sync_sender = sync_sender.share();
374/// sync_sender.send(3).unwrap();
375/// shared_sync_sender.send(4).unwrap();
376///
377/// let mut received = [sync_receiver.recv().unwrap(), sync_receiver.recv().unwrap()];
378/// received.sort();
379/// assert_eq!(received, [3, 4]);
380/// ```
381#[unstable(feature = "share_trait", issue = "156756")]
382pub trait Share: Clone {
383    /// Creates another alias to the same underlying resource or shared state.
384    ///
385    /// This is equivalent to calling [`Clone::clone`]. Use `share` at call
386    /// sites to make aliasing intent explicit; implementors define this
387    /// operation through [`Clone::clone`], not by overriding this method.
388    #[unstable(feature = "share_trait", issue = "156756")]
389    final fn share(&self) -> Self {
390        Clone::clone(self)
391    }
392}
393
394/// Trait for objects whose [`Clone`] impl is lightweight (e.g. reference-counted)
395///
396/// Cloning an object implementing this trait should in general:
397/// - be O(1) (constant) time regardless of the amount of data managed by the object,
398/// - not require a memory allocation,
399/// - not require copying more than roughly 64 bytes (a typical cache line size),
400/// - not block the current thread,
401/// - not have any semantic side effects (e.g. allocating a file descriptor), and
402/// - not have overhead larger than a couple of atomic operations.
403///
404/// The `UseCloned` trait does not provide a method; instead, it indicates that
405/// `Clone::clone` is lightweight, and allows the use of the `.use` syntax.
406///
407/// ## .use postfix syntax
408///
409/// Values can be `.use`d by adding `.use` postfix to the value you want to use.
410///
411/// ```ignore (this won't work until we land use)
412/// fn foo(f: Foo) {
413///     // if `Foo` implements `Copy` f would be copied into x.
414///     // if `Foo` implements `UseCloned` f would be cloned into x.
415///     // otherwise f would be moved into x.
416///     let x = f.use;
417///     // ...
418/// }
419/// ```
420///
421/// ## use closures
422///
423/// Use closures allow captured values to be automatically used.
424/// This is similar to have a closure that you would call `.use` over each captured value.
425#[unstable(feature = "ergonomic_clones", issue = "132290")]
426#[lang = "use_cloned"]
427pub trait UseCloned: Clone {
428    // Empty.
429}
430
431macro_rules! impl_use_cloned {
432    ($($t:ty)*) => {
433        $(
434            #[unstable(feature = "ergonomic_clones", issue = "132290")]
435            impl UseCloned for $t {}
436        )*
437    }
438}
439
440impl_use_cloned! {
441    usize u8 u16 u32 u64 u128
442    isize i8 i16 i32 i64 i128
443             f16 f32 f64 f128
444    bool char
445}
446
447// FIXME(aburka): these structs are used solely by #[derive] to
448// assert that every component of a type implements Clone or Copy.
449//
450// These structs should never appear in user code.
451#[doc(hidden)]
452#[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
453#[unstable(
454    feature = "derive_clone_copy_internals",
455    reason = "deriving hack, should not be public",
456    issue = "none"
457)]
458pub struct AssertParamIsClone<T: Clone + PointeeSized> {
459    _field: crate::marker::PhantomData<T>,
460}
461#[doc(hidden)]
462#[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
463#[unstable(
464    feature = "derive_clone_copy_internals",
465    reason = "deriving hack, should not be public",
466    issue = "none"
467)]
468pub struct AssertParamIsCopy<T: Copy + PointeeSized> {
469    _field: crate::marker::PhantomData<T>,
470}
471
472/// A generalization of [`Clone`] to [dynamically-sized types][DST] stored in arbitrary containers.
473///
474/// This trait is implemented for all types implementing [`Clone`], [slices](slice) of all
475/// such types, and other dynamically-sized types in the standard library.
476/// You may also implement this trait to enable cloning custom DSTs
477/// (structures containing dynamically-sized fields), or use it as a supertrait to enable
478/// cloning a [trait object].
479///
480/// This trait is normally used via operations on container types which support DSTs,
481/// so you should not typically need to call `.clone_to_uninit()` explicitly except when
482/// implementing such a container or otherwise performing explicit management of an allocation,
483/// or when implementing `CloneToUninit` itself.
484///
485/// # Safety
486///
487/// Implementations must ensure that when `.clone_to_uninit(dest)` returns normally rather than
488/// panicking, it always leaves `*dest` initialized as a valid value of type `Self`.
489///
490/// # Examples
491///
492// FIXME(#126799): when `Box::clone` allows use of `CloneToUninit`, rewrite these examples with it
493// since `Rc` is a distraction.
494///
495/// If you are defining a trait, you can add `CloneToUninit` as a supertrait to enable cloning of
496/// `dyn` values of your trait:
497///
498/// ```
499/// #![feature(clone_to_uninit)]
500/// use std::rc::Rc;
501///
502/// trait Foo: std::fmt::Debug + std::clone::CloneToUninit {
503///     fn modify(&mut self);
504///     fn value(&self) -> i32;
505/// }
506///
507/// impl Foo for i32 {
508///     fn modify(&mut self) {
509///         *self *= 10;
510///     }
511///     fn value(&self) -> i32 {
512///         *self
513///     }
514/// }
515///
516/// let first: Rc<dyn Foo> = Rc::new(1234);
517///
518/// let mut second = first.clone();
519/// Rc::make_mut(&mut second).modify(); // make_mut() will call clone_to_uninit()
520///
521/// assert_eq!(first.value(), 1234);
522/// assert_eq!(second.value(), 12340);
523/// ```
524///
525/// The following is an example of implementing `CloneToUninit` for a custom DST.
526/// (It is essentially a limited form of what `derive(CloneToUninit)` would do,
527/// if such a derive macro existed.)
528///
529/// ```
530/// #![feature(clone_to_uninit)]
531/// use std::clone::CloneToUninit;
532/// use std::mem::offset_of;
533/// use std::rc::Rc;
534///
535/// #[derive(PartialEq)]
536/// struct MyDst<T: ?Sized> {
537///     label: String,
538///     contents: T,
539/// }
540///
541/// unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + CloneToUninit> CloneToUninit for MyDst<T> {
542///     unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dest: *mut u8) {
543///         // The offset of `self.contents` is dynamic because it depends on the alignment of T
544///         // which can be dynamic (if `T = dyn SomeTrait`). Therefore, we have to obtain it
545///         // dynamically by examining `self`, rather than using `offset_of!`.
546///         //
547///         // SAFETY: `self` by definition points somewhere before `&self.contents` in the same
548///         // allocation.
549///         let offset_of_contents = unsafe {
550///             (&raw const self.contents).byte_offset_from_unsigned(self)
551///         };
552///
553///         // Clone the *sized* fields of `self` (just one, in this example).
554///         // (By cloning this first and storing it temporarily in a local variable, we avoid
555///         // leaking it in case of any panic, using the ordinary automatic cleanup of local
556///         // variables. Such a leak would be sound, but undesirable.)
557///         let label = self.label.clone();
558///
559///         // SAFETY: The caller must provide a `dest` such that these field offsets are valid
560///         // to write to.
561///         unsafe {
562///             // Clone the unsized field directly from `self` to `dest`.
563///             self.contents.clone_to_uninit(dest.add(offset_of_contents));
564///
565///             // Now write all the sized fields.
566///             //
567///             // Note that we only do this once all of the clone() and clone_to_uninit() calls
568///             // have completed, and therefore we know that there are no more possible panics;
569///             // this ensures no memory leaks in case of panic.
570///             dest.add(offset_of!(Self, label)).cast::<String>().write(label);
571///         }
572///         // All fields of the struct have been initialized; therefore, the struct is initialized,
573///         // and we have satisfied our `unsafe impl CloneToUninit` obligations.
574///     }
575/// }
576///
577/// fn main() {
578///     // Construct MyDst<[u8; 4]>, then coerce to MyDst<[u8]>.
579///     let first: Rc<MyDst<[u8]>> = Rc::new(MyDst {
580///         label: String::from("hello"),
581///         contents: [1, 2, 3, 4],
582///     });
583///
584///     let mut second = first.clone();
585///     // make_mut() will call clone_to_uninit().
586///     for elem in Rc::make_mut(&mut second).contents.iter_mut() {
587///         *elem *= 10;
588///     }
589///
590///     assert_eq!(first.contents, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
591///     assert_eq!(second.contents, [10, 20, 30, 40]);
592///     assert_eq!(second.label, "hello");
593/// }
594/// ```
595///
596/// # See Also
597///
598/// * [`Clone::clone_from`] is a safe function which may be used instead when [`Self: Sized`](Sized)
599///   and the destination is already initialized; it may be able to reuse allocations owned by
600///   the destination, whereas `clone_to_uninit` cannot, since its destination is assumed to be
601///   uninitialized.
602/// * [`ToOwned`], which allocates a new destination container.
603///
604/// [`ToOwned`]: ../../std/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html
605/// [DST]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/dynamically-sized-types.html
606/// [trait object]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/trait-object.html
607#[unstable(feature = "clone_to_uninit", issue = "126799")]
608pub unsafe trait CloneToUninit {
609    /// Performs copy-assignment from `self` to `dest`.
610    ///
611    /// This is analogous to `std::ptr::write(dest.cast(), self.clone())`,
612    /// except that `Self` may be a dynamically-sized type ([`!Sized`](Sized)).
613    ///
614    /// Before this function is called, `dest` may point to uninitialized memory.
615    /// After this function is called, `dest` will point to initialized memory; it will be
616    /// sound to create a `&Self` reference from the pointer with the [pointer metadata]
617    /// from `self`.
618    ///
619    /// # Safety
620    ///
621    /// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
622    ///
623    /// * `dest` must be [valid] for writes for `size_of_val(self)` bytes.
624    /// * `dest` must be properly aligned to `align_of_val(self)`.
625    ///
626    /// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
627    /// [pointer metadata]: crate::ptr::metadata()
628    ///
629    /// # Panics
630    ///
631    /// This function may panic. (For example, it might panic if memory allocation for a clone
632    /// of a value owned by `self` fails.)
633    /// If the call panics, then `*dest` should be treated as uninitialized memory; it must not be
634    /// read or dropped, because even if it was previously valid, it may have been partially
635    /// overwritten.
636    ///
637    /// The caller may wish to take care to deallocate the allocation pointed to by `dest`,
638    /// if applicable, to avoid a memory leak (but this is not a requirement).
639    ///
640    /// Implementors should avoid leaking values by, upon unwinding, dropping all component values
641    /// that might have already been created. (For example, if a `[Foo]` of length 3 is being
642    /// cloned, and the second of the three calls to `Foo::clone()` unwinds, then the first `Foo`
643    /// cloned should be dropped.)
644    unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dest: *mut u8);
645}
646
647#[unstable(feature = "clone_to_uninit", issue = "126799")]
648unsafe impl<T: Clone> CloneToUninit for T {
649    #[inline]
650    unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dest: *mut u8) {
651        // SAFETY: we're calling a specialization with the same contract
652        unsafe { <T as self::uninit::CopySpec>::clone_one(self, dest.cast::<T>()) }
653    }
654}
655
656#[unstable(feature = "clone_to_uninit", issue = "126799")]
657unsafe impl<T: Clone> CloneToUninit for [T] {
658    #[inline]
659    #[cfg_attr(debug_assertions, track_caller)]
660    unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dest: *mut u8) {
661        let dest: *mut [T] = dest.with_metadata_of(self);
662        // SAFETY: we're calling a specialization with the same contract
663        unsafe { <T as self::uninit::CopySpec>::clone_slice(self, dest) }
664    }
665}
666
667#[unstable(feature = "clone_to_uninit", issue = "126799")]
668unsafe impl CloneToUninit for str {
669    #[inline]
670    #[cfg_attr(debug_assertions, track_caller)]
671    unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dest: *mut u8) {
672        // SAFETY: str is just a [u8] with UTF-8 invariant
673        unsafe { self.as_bytes().clone_to_uninit(dest) }
674    }
675}
676
677#[unstable(feature = "clone_to_uninit", issue = "126799")]
678unsafe impl CloneToUninit for crate::ffi::CStr {
679    #[cfg_attr(debug_assertions, track_caller)]
680    unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dest: *mut u8) {
681        // SAFETY: For now, CStr is just a #[repr(trasnsparent)] [c_char] with some invariants.
682        // And we can cast [c_char] to [u8] on all supported platforms (see: to_bytes_with_nul).
683        // The pointer metadata properly preserves the length (so NUL is also copied).
684        // See: `cstr_metadata_is_length_with_nul` in tests.
685        unsafe { self.to_bytes_with_nul().clone_to_uninit(dest) }
686    }
687}
688
689#[unstable(feature = "bstr", issue = "134915")]
690unsafe impl CloneToUninit for crate::bstr::ByteStr {
691    #[inline]
692    #[cfg_attr(debug_assertions, track_caller)]
693    unsafe fn clone_to_uninit(&self, dst: *mut u8) {
694        // SAFETY: ByteStr is a `#[repr(transparent)]` wrapper around `[u8]`
695        unsafe { self.as_bytes().clone_to_uninit(dst) }
696    }
697}
698
699/// Implementations of `Clone` for primitive types.
700///
701/// Implementations that cannot be described in Rust
702/// are implemented in `traits::SelectionContext::copy_clone_conditions()`
703/// in `rustc_trait_selection`.
704mod impls {
705    use super::{Share, TrivialClone};
706    use crate::marker::PointeeSized;
707
708    macro_rules! impl_clone {
709        ($($t:ty)*) => {
710            $(
711                #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
712                #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
713                impl const Clone for $t {
714                    #[inline(always)]
715                    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
716                        *self
717                    }
718                }
719
720                #[doc(hidden)]
721                #[unstable(feature = "trivial_clone", issue = "none")]
722                #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
723                unsafe impl const TrivialClone for $t {}
724            )*
725        }
726    }
727
728    impl_clone! {
729        usize u8 u16 u32 u64 u128
730        isize i8 i16 i32 i64 i128
731        f16 f32 f64 f128
732        bool char
733    }
734
735    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
736    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
737    const impl Clone for ! {
738        #[inline]
739        fn clone(&self) -> Self {
740            *self
741        }
742    }
743
744    #[doc(hidden)]
745    #[unstable(feature = "trivial_clone", issue = "none")]
746    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
747    const unsafe impl TrivialClone for ! {}
748
749    #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
750    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
751    const impl<T: PointeeSized> Clone for *const T {
752        #[inline(always)]
753        fn clone(&self) -> Self {
754            *self
755        }
756    }
757
758    #[doc(hidden)]
759    #[unstable(feature = "trivial_clone", issue = "none")]
760    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
761    const unsafe impl<T: PointeeSized> TrivialClone for *const T {}
762
763    #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
764    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
765    const impl<T: PointeeSized> Clone for *mut T {
766        #[inline(always)]
767        fn clone(&self) -> Self {
768            *self
769        }
770    }
771
772    #[doc(hidden)]
773    #[unstable(feature = "trivial_clone", issue = "none")]
774    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
775    const unsafe impl<T: PointeeSized> TrivialClone for *mut T {}
776
777    /// Shared references can be cloned, but mutable references *cannot*!
778    #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
779    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
780    const impl<T: PointeeSized> Clone for &T {
781        #[inline(always)]
782        #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "noop_method_clone"]
783        fn clone(&self) -> Self {
784            *self
785        }
786    }
787
788    #[doc(hidden)]
789    #[unstable(feature = "trivial_clone", issue = "none")]
790    #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
791    const unsafe impl<T: PointeeSized> TrivialClone for &T {}
792
793    #[unstable(feature = "share_trait", issue = "156756")]
794    impl<T: PointeeSized> Share for &T {}
795
796    /// Shared references can be cloned, but mutable references *cannot*!
797    #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
798    impl<T: PointeeSized> !Clone for &mut T {}
799}