package Clone;
use strict;
use Carp;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK $AUTOLOAD);
require Exporter;
require DynaLoader;
require AutoLoader;
@ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
# Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export
# names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead.
# Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants.
@EXPORT = qw();
@EXPORT_OK = qw( clone );
$VERSION = '0.34';
bootstrap Clone $VERSION;
# Preloaded methods go here.
# Autoload methods go after =cut, and are processed by the autosplit program.
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Clone - recursively copy Perl datatypes
=head1 SYNOPSIS
package Foo;
use parent 'Clone';
package main;
my $original = Foo->new;
$copy = $original->clone;
# or
use Clone qw(clone);
$a = { 'foo' => 'bar', 'move' => 'zig' };
$b = [ 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'vlissides' ];
$c = Foo->new;
$d = clone($a);
$e = clone($b);
$f = clone($c);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides a clone() method which makes recursive
copies of nested hash, array, scalar and reference types,
including tied variables and objects.
clone() takes a scalar argument and duplicates it. To duplicate lists,
arrays or hashes, pass them in by reference. e.g.
my $copy = clone (\@array);
# or
my %copy = %{ clone (\%hash) };
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<Storable>'s dclone() is a flexible solution for cloning variables,
albeit slower for average-sized data structures. Simple
and naive benchmarks show that Clone is faster for data structures
with 3 or less levels, while dclone() can be faster for structures
4 or more levels deep.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001-2012 Ray Finch. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 AUTHOR
Ray Finch C<< <rdf@cpan.org> >>
Breno G. de Oliveira C<< <garu@cpan.org> >> and
Florian Ragwitz C<< <rafl@debian.org> >> perform routine maintenance
releases since 2012.
=cut