Re: *-clear![!] operator

[Matthias Radestock <matthias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

scgmille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> This is missing from the spec.  A functional version of clear isn't 
> necessary, as it would be equivalent to constructing a new, empty 
> collection.

The result is equivalent but the invocation isn't: constructing a new 
collection requires knowledge of the collection type; calling clear 
doesn't. For that reason, and for sake of uniformity, there should be a 
functional version of clear.

Matthias.