[Python-ideas] clear() method for lists

[Mathias Panzenböck]

On 02/11/2010 06:35 PM, Gerald Britton wrote:
 >
 > Switching gears for a moment, what is the feeling regarding the copy()
 > methods for dictionaries and sets?  Are they truly redundant?  Should
 > they be deprecated?  Should users be encouraged to use the copy module
 > or just  use "newdict = dict(olddict)" and "newset = set(oldset)" to
 > build a new dictionary or set from an existing one?

I don't know what one *should* do but I never used .copy() but always 
dict(olddict) or set(oldset).

	-panzi