From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-10-08T22:27:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Clearing arrays etc. in extensions

Hi,

At Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:16:28 +0900,
Mark Probert wrote:
> As a general question, using rb_ary_clear(arr) seems clearer
> than rb_funcall(arr, rb_intern("clear"), 0).  Is there any
> downside (besides the fact that it is "undocumented" and
> buried in intern.h ;-)?

Even if the arr is an instance of a subclass of Array which
overrides "clear" method, rb_ary_clear() always invokes the
original behavior.  It may be expected behavior or not.

-- 
Nobu Nakada