Add an operator overload for clone()

[I3ck]

Calling multiple functions which take their parameters by reference is quite convenient:

foo(&a);
bar(&a);
baz(&a);

But if functions are defined via move semantics, one has to explicitly clone non-Copy types:

foo(a.clone());
bar(a.clone());
baz(a.clone());
bab(a);

Also consider the usage of the vec! macro, to create a Vec of cloned values:

let v = vec![foo.clone(), bar.clone(), baz.clone(), a.clone(), b.clone(), c.clone()]

The visual noise gets rather bad.
I suggest introducing an operator similar to * and & which clones the value.
Above examples but with + defined as the clone()-operator (+ just being a suggestion, any character would do):

foo(+a);
bar(+a);
baz(+a);
bab(a);
let v = vec![+foo, +bar, +baz, +a, +b, +c]

[Centril]

This is better discussed over at internals.rust-lang.org which is more actively looked at. This repository should mainly be used to file full RFCs according to the template as pull requests. The issues filed here are not actively looked at by the teams.

[I3ck]

Thanks for the information. I mirrored the suggestion https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/add-an-operator-overload-for-clone/6823

[Centril]

Great! Closing this one here then =)