[Python-ideas] clear() method for lists

[Robert Kern]

On 2010-02-05 15:09 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> ISTM, the language moratorium would preclude this change.

"""
Case-by-Case Exemptions

New methods on built-ins
   The case for adding a method to a built-in object can be made.
"""

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Robert Kern

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