Tempest in a teapot guys.
Aahz wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-04-03, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>> Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aahz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>>>> Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I create a dictionary like this
>>>>>>> myDict = {}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and I add entry like this:
>>>>>>> myDict['a'] = 1
>>>>>>> but how can I empty the whole dictionary?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> just point myDict to an empty dictionary again
>>>>>>
>>>>>> myDict={}
>>>>>>
>>>>> Go back and read Christian's post, then post a followup explaning why his
>>>>> solution is better than yours. Your explanation should use id().
>>>>>
>>>> I believe he (as many new to Python do) are mired in old programming
>>>> thinking that variables "contain" things. As I'm sure you kno,
>>>> variables point to things in Python. I don't believe that there are
>>>> lots of other objects pointing to this dictionary. Perhaps the OP
>>>> can clarify for us. If there aren't other objects pointing to this
>>>> dictionary it would make NO sense to iterate over a dictionary and
>>>> delete all the keys/values so I tried to read between the lines and
>>>> answer what I believe the OP thought he was asking.
>>>>
>>> Then you should explain why you didn't answer the question that was
>>> asked. Answering a different question without explanation makes your
>>> answer irrelevant at best, wrong at worst.
>>>
>> This is not true. If this different question was in fact the intended
>> question instead of the one actually asked. Anwering this different
>> question can be more usefull than answering the one actually asked.
>>
>
> Note carefully that I did not say, "Don't answer the question you think
> should have been asked." What I said was, "If you answer a different
> question, EXPLAIN WHY." Is that so difficult to understand?
>
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