what about another method clone() (or copy())? i think this maybe useful either. ------------------ Original ------------------ From: "average"<dreamingforward@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 09:14 AM To: "Gerald Britton"<gerald.britton@gmail.com>; Cc: "Python-Ideas"<python-ideas@python.org>; Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] clear() method for lists On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Gerald Britton <gerald.britton@gmail.com> wrote:
In the list archives, this thread discusses adding a clear() method to list objects, to complement those available for sets and dictionaries. Later in the thread: Christian Heimes provided a patch to do it and R. H. commented that all it would take is Guido's blessing.
So, I'm wondering, can we do this? What are the steps needed to ask this work to be blessed?
In the abstract it seems like such a method should be part of the Container ABC. Since the idea of a container would imply a method to clear its contents. mark _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas