[Python-ideas] clear() method for lists

[Michael Foord]

2009/4/3 Paige Thompson <erratic at devel.ws>

> i instinctively want to do add instead of append. some of the other
> functions i would want to use are Contains, maybe IndexOf.
>

Sound like you want to be using a different language!

Lists support all those operations they are just spelled differently...



> is there any kind of plugin for a query language like LINQ for python?
> thatd be dope
>


We have list comprehensions which are LINQ over objects on steroids, however
Python has nothing like LINQ to other data providers built into the
language.

There is a third party extension / framework / tool called DejaVu though,
which I have heard good things about.

Michael


> -Adele
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> On Apr 3, 2009 11:55 AM, "George Sakkis" <george.sakkis at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com>
> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > O...
> It's obviously more explicit, but at the same it's a rather infrequent
> operation and the current ways are not particularly ugly. +0, no
> strong feelings either way.
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