how to clear up a List in python?

[Mel Wilson]

linnorm at gmail.com wrote:
> The original post only mentions deleting the values in the list, not
> the list itself.  Given that you want to keep the list and just ditch
> the values it contains I'd go with:
> 
> list1 = []

Depends what you mean by "keep the list".  Consider

class C (object):
     def __init__ (self, things):
         self.things = things

a = range (5)
b = C (a)
a = []
print b.things

d = range (5)
e = C (d)
d[:] = []
print e.things



These are very different.
         Mel.