====== Clone ======

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Clone(//a//) creates a copy of the object //a//.

The statement $a=b$ for objects creates two variables pointing to the same object. Changing the value of one object changes the value of the other.
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===== Input =====

  * //a// : object of any type

===== Output =====

  * //a'// : object of same type as //a// and an exact copy of it.

===== Example a=b =====

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A small example showing the effect on //b// after changing //a// when //a=b//:
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==== Input ====
<code Quanty CloneNot.Quanty>
-- some example codedofile("../definitions.Quanty")

Opp2 = Opp1 
Opp1.Name = "I'm the name of operator one"
Opp2.Name = "I'm the name of operator two"
print(Opp1.Name)
print(Opp2.Name)

psi2 = psi1
psi1.Name = "I'm the name of psi one"
psi2.Name = "I'm the name of psi two"
print(psi1.Name)
print(psi2.Name)
</code>

==== Result ====
<file Quanty_Output CloneNot.out>
I'm the name of operator two
I'm the name of operator two
I'm the name of psi two
I'm the name of psi two
</file>

===== Example a=Clone(b) =====

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A small example showing //a=Clone(b)//:
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==== Input ====
<code Quanty Clone.Quanty>
dofile("../definitions.Quanty")

Opp2 = Clone(Opp1) 
Opp1.Name = "I'm the name of operator one"
Opp2.Name = "I'm the name of operator two"
print(Opp1.Name)
print(Opp2.Name)

psi2 = Clone(psi1)
psi1.Name = "I'm the name of psi one"
psi2.Name = "I'm the name of psi two"
print(psi1.Name)
print(psi2.Name)
</code>

==== Result ====
<file Quanty_Output Clone.out>
I'm the name of operator one
I'm the name of operator two
I'm the name of psi one
I'm the name of psi two
</file>


===== Example a=a+b =====

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A small example showing that operations acting on objects lead to cloning the object:
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==== Input ====
<code Quanty CloneAuto.Quanty>
dofile("../definitions.Quanty")

Opp = Opp1 + Opp2
Opp.Name = "I'm the name of operator Opp and different from Opp1 and Opp2"
print(Opp1.Name)
print(Opp2.Name)
print(Opp.Name)
</code>

==== Result ====
<file Quanty_Output CloneAuto.out>
Lx
Ly
I'm the name of operator Opp and different from Opp1 and Opp2
</file>

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