On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:42 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>
wrote:

> [snip]
>
> I still remember being told in no uncertain terms by the core devs that
> adding a clear() method to lists was a waste of time because there was
> already a perfectly good way to spell it with slicing. And then ABCs
> came along and now lists have a clear method. So opinions change too.
>
> I agree with the opinions expressed in the (partially) quoted message
but I don't think that this is how this particular change happened.

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2009-April/003897.html

;-) ;-)

André Roberge
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