Suggest to enhance clone() function.

[samchon]

Current clone() function considers only those native classes.

• Date
• Set
• Map
• RegExp

However, there are much more native classes in the JavaScript, especially about binary handling.

So, I think that the clone() function should consider them.

• Uint8Array
• Uint8ClampedArray
• Uint16Array
• BigInt64Array
• Int8Array
• Int16Array
• Int32Array
• BigInt64Array
• Float32Array
• Float64Array
• ArrayBuffer
• SharedArrayBuffer
• DataView
• Blob
• File

Also, current clone() function is returning the same T type with its parameter, but it is not correct.

The returned type must be casted, because non-native classes are converted to primitve object type.

To solve this problem, the clone() function needs to return Shallowed<T> type like below.

type Shallowed<T> = Equal<T, ShallowMain<T>> extends true ? T : ShallowMain<T>
type ShallowMain<T> = T extends [never]
  ? never
  : T extends object
  ? T extends 
    | Array<any> | Set<any> | Map<any, any> | Date | RegExp | Date
    | Uint8Array
    | Uint8ClampedArray
    | Uint16Array
    | Uint32Array
    | BigUint64Array
    | Int8Array
    | Int16Array
    | Int32Array
    | BigInt64Array
    | Float32Array
    | Float64Array
    | ArrayBuffer
    | SharedArrayBuffer
    | DataView
    | Blob
    | File
  ? T
  : {
    [P in keyof T]: T[P] extends Function ? never : T[P];
  }
  : T;
type Equal<X, Y> = X extends Y ? (Y extends X ? true : false) : false;

Related PR: #155

[raon0211]

As you mentioned, our clone function should handle most JavaScript native objects. One thing that comes to my mind is that it will hurt bundle size, but accuracy is more important...

[ahaoboy]

Maybe you should use https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/structuredClone