No, there's no fundamental limitation here. I think we just need an
overload of `clone()` for this that accounts for the subtle API differences
with `DynamicStruct`, e.g. passing the `Schema` in various places.
-Kenton
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 6:31 AM Vaci <v...@vaci.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Should it be possible to use capnp::clone() to copy a DynamicStruct?
>
> This code currently doesn't compile:
>
> #include <capnp/dynamic.h>
> #include <capnp/message.h>
> #include "foo.capnp.h"
> int main() {
> capnp::MallocMessageBuilder mb;
> auto root = mb.initRoot<Foo>();
> auto a = root.asReader();
> auto a2 = capnp::clone(a); // succeeds
> auto b = capnp::toDynamic(a);
> auto b2 = capnp::clone(b); // fails
> }
>
> ...but I'm not clear what it is about DynamicStructs that make them less
> copyable?
>
> Cheers,
> Vaci
>
>
>
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