// Returns a new object instance that is a memberwise copy of this
// object. This is always a shallow copy of the instance. The method is protected
// so that other object may only call this method on themselves. It is intended to
// support the ICloneable interface.
//
//| <include path='docs/doc[@for="Object.MemberwiseClone"]/*' />
// BUGBUG: maybe we can try harder to mess up the GC?
protected Object MemberwiseClone()
{
if (this is String)
{
return(this);
// REVIEW: ok, but what in the world is the CLR doing?
}
Thread thread = Thread.CurrentThread;
if (this is Array)
{
Array srcArray = (Array)this;
Array cloneArray;
int srcLength = srcArray.Length;
if (srcArray.IsVector)
{
cloneArray = GC.AllocateVector(srcArray.vtable, srcLength);
CloneVectorContents(srcArray, cloneArray);
}
else
{
int rank = srcArray.Rank;
cloneArray =
GC.AllocateArray(srcArray.vtable, rank, srcLength);
CloneArrayContents(srcArray, cloneArray);
}
return(cloneArray);
}
else
{
Object clone = GC.AllocateObject(this.vtable);
CloneObjectContents(this, clone);
return(clone);
}
}