Why the `cycle()` method exists if `ChunksMut` is never `Clone?`

The https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/slice/struct.ChunksMut.html has the cycle method: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/struct.Cycle.html#method.cycle that works only when Self: Clone

However, ChunksMut does not implement Clone, therefore I cannot do this:

fn main() {
    let a = &[1,2,3,4,5,6];
    let mut chunks = a.chunks_mut(2);
    let cycle = chunks.cycle();
    for c in cycle {
        
    }
}

Why the cycle() method exists if ChunksMut is never Clone?

>Solution :

ChunksMut implements the Iterator trait.

impl<'a, T> Iterator for ChunksMut<'a, T>

And to impl an Iterator trait for ChunksMut all the trait methods have to be implemented and cycle is one among them.

fn cycle(self) -> Cycle<Self>
where
    Self: Clone,

For example, following code will not compile because SampleStruct does not implement the SampleTrait trait methods.

pub trait SampleTrait {
    fn trait_method_one(&self) -> String;
    fn trait_method_two(&self) -> String;
}

pub struct SampleStruct;

impl SampleTrait for SampleStruct {}

fn main() {}

Rust compiler produces the following error message in this case.

not all trait items implemented, missing: `trait_method_one`, `trait_method_two`

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