Allow defining the Parent of an object as an argument of `:Clone()`

[rogeriodec_games]

As a Roblox developer, every time I want to clone an object, I have to create 2 lines:

MyObject:Clone()
MyObject:Parent = workspace

But with Instance.new() I can create and parent the new object in the same line:

MyObject = Instance.new("Part", workspace)

It would be great to have a single line for Clone, mentioning the Parent as an argument, like this:

MyObject:Clone(workspace)

If Roblox is able to address this issue, it will avoid redundant lines, reducing the size of the script, and making it clearer and more intuitive.

[sjr04 (uep)]

Related:

Method Instance:Duplicate()

I think we should have a method called :Duplicate(), I find myself copying a asset only to keep it in the same hierarchy. To me this would be useful. It would have the same functionality as CTRL+D (Duplicate Command) in Studio. And preferably also set the Parent property last internally, for optimization reasons.

[tnavarts]

Part of Roblox’ API design philosophy is to not make pure “helper” methods like this as part of the core API: methods should either exist because they expose completely new functionality that didn’t exist before, or expose a more performant way to do something which was technically possible before but unacceptably costly performance wise.

As for why Instance.new with a parent argument exists currently: This was a bad idea, the Parent argument would not have been added if the API were designed today.