Question about idioms for clearing a list

[Steve Holden]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> [Steven D'Aprano]
[...]
> 
> While the sentiment behind the list.clear() suggestion is noble, it is
> an exercise in futility to design a language around the presumption
> that other programmers are incapable of learning the basics of the
> language.
> 
+1 QOTW

> There was a pithy Tim Peters quotation to the effect that he was
> unpersuaded by language proposals predicated on some hypothetical
> average programmer not being smart enough to understand something that
> the rest of us find to be basic.
> 
Well, for those who can't find it you just provided a fairly pithy 
Raymond Hettinger quote :-)

regards
  Steve
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