[Python-ideas] clear() method for lists

[Michael Foord]

+1 from me

The current methods are all slightly ugly.

Michael

2009/4/3 Giampaolo Rodola' <gnewsg at gmail.com>

> On 3 Apr, 12:53, Andre Roberge <andre.robe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > On the general Python list, a suggestion was made to add a clear() method
> to
> > list, as the "obvious" way to do
> > del some_list[:]
> > or
> > some_list[:] = []
> >
> > since the clear() method is currently the obvious way to remove all
> elements
> > from dict and set objects.
> >
> > I believe that this would be a lot more intuitive to beginners learning
> the
> > language, making Python more uniform.
> >
> > André
>
>
> I always wondered why there wasn't such a thing from the beginning.
> + 1 from me.
>
>
> --- Giampaolo
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