From: Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur@...>
Date: 2006-04-19T06:18:23+09:00
Subject: Re: String#clear

class String
   def clear
     replace ""
   end
end

On Apr 18, 2006, at 4:02 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> Today I was using an Array and a String to track some info in my  
> unit tests.  I needed to clear them in the #teardown routine.  My  
> first thought was:
>
> [@some_arr, @some_str].each { |var| var.clear }
>
> I was surprised when that exploded and I had to change it to:
>
> @some_arr.clear
> @some_str.replace("")
>
> Is there any good reason String can't have a #clear method?
>
> James Edward Gray II
>