It is unclear to me from the MSDN documentation if I should provide a deep or a shallow clone when implementing ICloneable. What is the preferred option?
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It is unclear to me from the MSDN documentation if I should provide a deep or a shallow clone when implementing ICloneable. What is the preferred option?
Short answer: Yes.
Long Answer: Don’t use ICloneable. That is because .Clone isn’t defined as being a shallow or a deep clone. You should implement your own IClone interface, and describe how the clone should work.