[Python-ideas] clear() method for lists

[Andre Roberge]

Hi everyone,

On the general Python list, a suggestion was made to add a clear() method to
list, as the "obvious" way to do
del some_list[:]
or
some_list[:] = []

since the clear() method is currently the obvious way to remove all elements
from dict and set objects.

I believe that this would be a lot more intuitive to beginners learning the
language, making Python more uniform.

André
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