In code, list.clear doesn't throw error - it's just ignored

[Cameron Simpson]

On 14Nov2022 19:15, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>	There is also the minor facet that "x.clear" can be bound to a
>different name...
>
>>>> x = [1, 2, 3.145926536, "Pie"]
>>>> clearx = x.clear
>>>> x
>[1, 2, 3.145926536, 'Pie']
>>>> clearx()
>>>> x
>[]
>>>>

I think the OP would take the stance that this:

     clearx = x.clear

is more valid than:

     x.clear

which discards the return value of the expression.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>