In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[Steven Bethard] >> I think these are all good reasons for adding a clear method, but being >> that it has been so hotly contended in the past, I don't think it will >> get added without a PEP. Anyone out there willing to take out the best >> examples from this thread and turn it into a PEP? > >Something this small doesn't need a PEP. I'll just send a note to >Guido asking for a pronouncement. > >Here's a draft list of pros and cons (any changes or suggestions are >welcome): > >Pros: >----- > >* s.clear() is more obvious in intent
Serious question: Should it work more like "s=[]" or more like "s[:]=[]". I'm assuming the latter, but the fact that there is a difference is an argument for not hiding this operation behind some syntactic sugar. Alan -- Defendit numerus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
