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Rust · Trait

Clone

The Clone trait creates an explicit duplicate of a value. Call .clone() when normal assignment would move the value, and use #[derive(Clone)] when the fields support it.

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Since
1.0.0

Syntax

pub trait Clone {
    fn clone(&self) -> Self;
}

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Source: std::clone - Rust. Checked 2026-11-03.