LuaEntity.clone{direction=...}

[sparr]

I have a mod that "clones" entities using LuaSurface.create_entity because it predates LuaEntity.clone. It was actually one of the two mods that inspired me to request clone way back when. Now I want to switch to using clone but I am stymied because some entities (like rails) can't have their direction changed after they are spawned. With create_entity I can specify the direction as part of the creation call, but with clone I can't. I need a direction parameter to clone to be able to use it for this use case.

Existing code:

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                  --TODO type-specific attributes
                  local new_entity = surface.create_entity{
                    name = entity.name,
                    position = pos,
                    direction = dir,
                    force = entity.force,
                    inner_name = entity.name == "entity-ghost" and entity.ghost_name or nil,
                    raise_built = true,
                  }

Desired code:

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local new_entity = entity.clone{position = pos, direction = dir}

[sparr]

I'm working on this mod again and still hoping for this functionality.