dwelch91 wrote:
> PTY wrote:
>
>> Which is better?
>>
>> lst = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>
>> while lst:
>> lst.pop()
>>
>> OR
>>
>> while len(lst) > 0:
>> lst.pop()
>>
>
> I think the first one is better, but if all you are doing is removing
> all the items in the list, this is definitely better:
>
> lst = []
Not if there are other names bound to the same list. You are only
rebinding this name, which does *not* empty the list object. The correct
solution here is
del lst[:]
which will remove all content from the list object,
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