On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:52:52 -0700, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > If "there should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do > it" then my_list.clear() is more obvious than del my_list[:]. Honestly > I'm a little surprised that such a topic hasn't been raised before.
I'm a little surprised that you didn't bother googling before making that statement. Of course it has been raised before. See (for example) these threads: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-July/054564.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-April/549278.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-May/556977.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2007-May/000692.html The good news is that Python-Ideas seems to be receptive to the idea, including some heavy-weights like Raymond Hettinger, which leads me to be hopeful that Python-Dev and Guido himself will agree: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2009-April/003897.html Keep your fingers crossed that this is the last time we need to have this discussion! -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
