clonefunction

Notes on clonefunction

The new (cloned) function returned by clonefunction should have the same environment as the original function.

Any sort of modification to the original function should not affect the clone. This means that stuff like hooking the original function will leave the clone unaffected.

clonefunction creates and returns a new function that has the exact same behaviour as the passed function.

function clonefunction<A..., R...>(functionToClone: (A...) -> R...): (A...) -> R...

Parameters

Parameter	Description
functionToClone	The function to clone.

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Example

local function dummy_function()
    print("Hello")
end

local cloned_function = clonefunction(dummy_function)

print(debug.info(cloned_function, "l")) -- Output: 1
print(debug.info(cloned_function, "n")) -- Output: dummy_function
print(cloned_function == dummy_function) -- Output: false
print(getfenv(cloned_function) == getfenv(dummy_function)) -- Output: true