reflect

func DeepCopy ¶

func DeepCopy[T any](src T, opts ...DeepCopyOption) (dst T)

DeepCopy copies src to dst recursively.

Two values of identical type are deeply copied if one of the following cases apply.

Numbers, bools, strings are deeply copied and have different underlying memory address.

Slice and Array values are deeply copied, including its elements.

Map values are deeply copied for all of its key and corresponding values.

Pointer values are deeply copied for their pointed value, and the pointer points to the deeply copied value.

Struct values are deeply copied for all fields, including exported and unexported.

Interface values are deeply copied if the underlying type can be deeply copied.

There are a few exceptions that may result in a deeply copied value not deeply equal (asserted by DeepEqual(dst, src)) to the source value:

1. Func values are still refer to the same function
2. Chan values are replaced by newly created channels
3. One-way Chan values (receive or read-only) values are still refer to the same channel

Note that while correct uses of DeepCopy do exist, they are not rare. The use of DeepCopy often indicates the copying object does not contain a singleton or is never meant to be copied, such as sync.Mutex, os.File, net.Conn, js.Value, etc. In these cases, the copied value retains the memory representations of the source value but may result in unexpected consequences in follow-up usage, the caller should clear these values depending on their usage context.

To change these predefined behaviors, use provided DeepCopyOption.