Note that there can't be a general cloning routine free to use in all the cases. Imagine each object has a temp file created somewhere - when cloning an object, do you want it to share the same file(handle)? What if each object registers itself to a static hash or a parent object, generates a unique ID, seeds a PRNG, etc? 
#! /usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use feature qw{ say };

{   package MyObj;
    use Moose;

    has fh => (is => 'ro', builder => '_build_fh');

    sub _build_fh {
        my ($self) = @_;
        open my $fh, '>', "/tmp/$self" or die $!;
        return $fh
    }

    sub DEMOLISH {
        my ($self) = @_;
        close $self->fh;
        unlink "/tmp/$self";
    }
}

my $o = 'MyObj'->new;

{
    my $c = $o->meta->clone_object($o);
}

say { $o->fh } "Hello world!";  # say() on closed filehandle $fh

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($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,

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In reply to Re: Moose 'clone' Constructor by choroba
in thread Moose 'clone' Constructor by kcott

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