implement RFC 1521

Adds documentation to Clone, specifying that Copy types should have a trivial Clone impl.

Fixes #33416.
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Alex Burka 2016-05-04 22:09:51 -04:00 committed by Alex Burka
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@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ use marker::Sized;
/// A common trait for cloning an object.
///
/// This trait can be used with `#[derive]`.
///
/// Types that are `Copy` should have a trivial implementation of `Clone`. More formally:
/// if `T: Copy`, `x: T`, and `y: &T`, then `let x = y.clone();` is equivalent to `let x = *y;`.
/// Manual implementations should be careful to uphold this invariant; however, unsafe code
/// must not rely on it to ensure memory safety.
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
pub trait Clone : Sized {
/// Returns a copy of the value.