From 935d00dcc2081a2e21eda70a203dc560ccf48935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mustafa=20Dokumac=C4=B1?= <mustafa@foraa.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:24:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(Payload): add deepClone method for Payload struct

---
 src/msgpack.zig | 5 +++++
 src/test.zig    | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/msgpack.zig b/src/msgpack.zig
index db78b5c..834621a 100644
--- a/src/msgpack.zig
+++ b/src/msgpack.zig
@@ -1143,6 +1143,11 @@ pub const Payload = union(enum) {
         try self.map.put(key, val);
     }
 
+    /// deep clone a Payload, allocating owned copies for dynamic data
+    pub fn deepClone(self: Payload, allocator: Allocator) !Payload {
+        return clonePayload(self, allocator);
+    }
+
     /// get a NIL payload
     pub inline fn nilToPayload() Payload {
         return Payload{
diff --git a/src/test.zig b/src/test.zig
index b4e45ed..5f8a350 100644
--- a/src/test.zig
+++ b/src/test.zig
@@ -1151,6 +1151,11 @@ test "payload utility methods" {
     try expect(ext_payload.ext.type == 1);
     try expect(u8eql("extdata", ext_payload.ext.data));
 
+    const cloned_str_payload = try str_payload.deepClone(allocator);
+    defer cloned_str_payload.free(allocator);
+    try expect(u8eql("test", cloned_str_payload.str.value()));
+    try expect(@ptrToInt(str_payload.str.value().ptr) != @ptrToInt(cloned_str_payload.str.value().ptr));
+
     const arr_payload = try Payload.arrPayload(3, allocator);
     defer arr_payload.free(allocator);
     try expect((try arr_payload.getArrLen()) == 3);