The title says most of it, but is there a specific reason why there is no impl<T: Copy> Copy for Cursor<T>? Taking Cursor<&[u8]> as an example, it semantically makes total sense to cheaply copy this type around, e.g. if i have functions that read from the cursor's position but the caller still wants to continue from that position.

The best reason I can think of as to why Copy shouldn't be implemented on the type is for expanding the type with some non-Copy fields further down the road, but then the idea of a "Cursor" doesn't feel like it should be too heavy anyway.

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