From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2002-10-08T07:32:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Clearing arrays etc. in extensions

What are you wanting to do? Make the array have 0 elements? You could use
rb_funcall to call the clear method on the array, or simply set the len
field to 0. Clearing a hash is less simple, so calling the clear method
seems best to me.


On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 05:54:30 +0900, Mark Probert wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> How do I clear the contents of an array or hash in
> an extension?  Setting the pointer to nil just doesn't
> seem to be right...
>