John Salerno wrote: > Steven Bethard wrote: > >> I think these are all good reasons for adding a clear method, but >> being that it has been so hotly contended in the past, I don't think >> it will get added without a PEP. Anyone out there willing to take out >> the best examples from this thread and turn it into a PEP? > > What are the usual arguments against adding it?
I think most of the other folks have already given you the answers, but the main ones I remember: (1) There are already at least two ways of spelling it. We don't need another. (2) Clearing a list is a pretty uncommon operation. Usually just creating a new list is fine (and easier). Disclaimer: I'm happy with adding list.clear(), so it's quite possible I'm misrepresenting the argument here. I guess that's just all the more reason to have a PEP for it: to lay out all the pros and cons. STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
