Fredrik Lundh wrote:
John Machin wrote:
Of course, in this simple case, I wouldn't be likely to write the clear
function since the inline code is simpler and has less overhead:
def main()
var1 = []
var1.append('a')
var1[:] = []
Even less overhead: del var1[:]
even less overhead:
var1 = []
(if you rely on having multiple references to the same list, instead of
referring
to the list by name, you may want to reconsider the design)
Yes, that's what the next 4 lines of my message said. ;)
Steve
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