From: Mark Probert <probertm@...>
Date: 2002-10-09T00:11:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Clearing arrays etc. in extensions

At 10:27 PM 10/8/2002 +0900, Nobu wrote:

>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.

Thanks for the info.

Regards,


-mark.