Deprecate into_owned and clone_owned for Quaternion, UnitQuaternion, and Transform.

src/core/matrix.rs

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ impl<N: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Clones this matrix into one that owns its data.
+    /// Clones this matrix to one that owns its data.
     #[inline]
     pub fn clone_owned(&self) -> MatrixMN<N, R, C>
         where DefaultAllocator: Allocator<N, R, C> {

src/core/storage.rs

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub unsafe trait Storage<N: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim = U1>: Debug + Sized {
     fn into_owned(self) -> Owned<N, R, C>
         where DefaultAllocator: Allocator<N, R, C>;
 
-    /// Clones this data storage into one that does not contain any reference.
+    /// Clones this data storage to one that does not contain any reference.
     fn clone_owned(&self) -> Owned<N, R, C>
         where DefaultAllocator: Allocator<N, R, C>;
 }

src/geometry/quaternion.rs

@@ -76,12 +76,14 @@ where Owned<N, U4>: serde::Deserialize<'a> {
 impl<N: Real> Quaternion<N> {
     /// Moves this unit quaternion into one that owns its data.
     #[inline]
+    #[deprecated(note = "This method is a no-op and will be removed in a future release.")]
     pub fn into_owned(self) -> Quaternion<N> {
         self
     }
 
     /// Clones this unit quaternion into one that owns its data.
     #[inline]
+    #[deprecated(note = "This method is a no-op and will be removed in a future release.")]
     pub fn clone_owned(&self) -> Quaternion<N> {
         Quaternion::from_vector(self.coords.clone_owned())
     }
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ impl<N: Real> Quaternion<N> {
     /// Returns, from left to right: the quaternion norm, the half rotation angle, the rotation
     /// axis. If the rotation angle is zero, the rotation axis is set to `None`.
     pub fn polar_decomposition(&self) -> (N, N, Option<Unit<Vector3<N>>>) {
-        if let Some((q, n)) = Unit::try_new_and_get(self.clone_owned(), N::zero()) {
+        if let Some((q, n)) = Unit::try_new_and_get(*self, N::zero()) {
             if let Some(axis) = Unit::try_new(self.vector().clone_owned(), N::zero()) {
                 let angle = q.angle() / ::convert(2.0f64);
 
@@ -292,14 +294,16 @@ pub type UnitQuaternion<N> = Unit<Quaternion<N>>;
 impl<N: Real> UnitQuaternion<N> {
     /// Moves this unit quaternion into one that owns its data.
     #[inline]
+    #[deprecated(note = "This method is a no-op and will be removed in a future release.")]
     pub fn into_owned(self) -> UnitQuaternion<N> {
         self
     }
 
     /// Clones this unit quaternion into one that owns its data.
     #[inline]
+    #[deprecated(note = "This method is a no-op and will be removed in a future release.")]
     pub fn clone_owned(&self) -> UnitQuaternion<N> {
-        UnitQuaternion::new_unchecked(self.as_ref().clone_owned())
+        *self
     }
 
     /// The rotation angle in [0; pi] of this unit quaternion.
@@ -396,7 +400,7 @@ impl<N: Real> UnitQuaternion<N> {
 
         // self == other
         if c_hang.abs() >= N::one() {
-            return Some(self.clone_owned())
+            return Some(*self)
         }
 
         let hang   = c_hang.acos();

src/geometry/transform.rs

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ impl<N: Real, D: DimNameAdd<U1>, C: TCategory> Transform<N, D, C>
 
     /// Clones this transform into one that owns its data.
     #[inline]
+    #[deprecated(note = "This method is a no-op and will be removed in a future release.")]
     pub fn clone_owned(&self) -> Transform<N, D, C> {
         Transform::from_matrix_unchecked(self.matrix.clone_owned())
     }

src/geometry/transform_ops.rs

@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ md_impl_all!(
     self: Transform<N, D, CA>, rhs: Transform<N, D, CB>, Output = Transform<N, D, CA::Representative>;
     [val val] => self * rhs.inverse();
     [ref val] => self * rhs.inverse();
-    [val ref] => self * rhs.clone_owned().inverse();
+    [val ref] => self * rhs.clone().inverse();
-    [ref ref] => self * rhs.clone_owned().inverse();
+    [ref ref] => self * rhs.clone().inverse();
 );
 
 // Transform ÷ Rotation
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ md_assign_impl_all!(
     (DimNameSum<D, U1>, DimNameSum<D, U1>), (DimNameSum<D, U1>, DimNameSum<D, U1>)
     for D: DimNameAdd<U1>, CA: SuperTCategoryOf<CB>, CB: SubTCategoryOf<TProjective>;
     self: Transform<N, D, CA>, rhs: Transform<N, D, CB>;
-    [val] => *self *= rhs.clone_owned().inverse();
+    [val] => *self *= rhs.inverse();
-    [ref] => *self *= rhs.clone_owned().inverse();
+    [ref] => *self *= rhs.clone().inverse();
 );