NAME
Clone::Any - Select an available recursive-copy function
SYNOPSIS
use Clone::Any qw(clone);
$a = { 'foo' => 'bar', 'move' => 'zig' };
$b = [ 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'vlissides' ];
$c = new Foo();
$d = clone($a);
$e = clone($b);
$f = clone($c);
DESCRIPTION
This module checks for several different modules which can provide a
clone() function to make deep copies of Perl data structures.
Clone Interface
The clone function makes recursive copies of nested hash, array, scalar
and reference types, including tied variables and objects.
The clone() function takes a scalar argument to copy. To duplicate
lists, arrays or hashes, pass them in by reference. e.g.
my $copy = clone(\@array); my @copy = @{ clone(\@array) };
my $copy = clone(\%hash); my %copy = %{ clone(\%hash) };
Multiple Implementations
Depending on which modules are available, this may load Clone,
Clone::PP, Util, Storable, or Class::MakeMethods::Utility::Ref. If none
of those modules are available, it will "croak".
SEE ALSO
For the various implementations, see the Clone manpage, the Clone::PP
manpage, the Storable manpage, the Util manpage, and the
Class::MakeMethods::Utility::Ref manpage.
See the Devel::UseAnyFunc manpage for the underlying module loader and
exporter functionality.
CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT
Developed by Matthew Simon Cavalletto at Evolution Softworks. More free
Perl software is available at "www.evoscript.org".
You may contact the author directly at "
[email protected]" or
"
[email protected]".
To report bugs via the CPAN web tracking system, go to
"
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Clone-Any" or send mail to
"Dist=Clone-Any#rt.cpan.org", replacing "#" with "@".
Copyright 2003 Matthew Simon Cavalletto.
Orignally inspired by Clone by Ray Finch with contributions from
chocolateboy. Portions Copyright 2001 Ray Finch. Portions Copyright 2001
chocolateboy.
You may use, modify, and distribute this software under the same terms
as Perl.
