I agree. Lists should have a clear method. But what's shocking is that it doesn't seem obvious to others. list.clear() is a whole lot more readable, intuitive, "flowable" and desirable than del list. Or maybe I haven't had enough coffee this morning. I'd go as far as saying all container objects should have a clear method. This is the reason why those Rubyist whine about Python being inconsistent and not being "OO enough."
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