bk2204/drew — Issue #37: Implement copy for clone.
Author: bk2204
Created: 2011-12-07 21:13:09+00:00
State: open
Labels: enhancement

Some primitives, like bignums, include a clone function but not a copy function. The difference is that the destination of the clone function is not initialized, while a theoretical copy function would be. Since changing the ABI yet again is probably not a good idea, we should provide a flag that can be used with the clone function that states that the destination is already initialized and so only the value needs to be copied.