Is there a specific function in to empty a builtin D array or should I just do

    auto x = [1,2,3];
    x = [];

I'm asking because std.container.Array has the member .clear() and I would like my code to compatible with both builtin arrays and std.container.Array. If not is there an con to using x = [] for std.container.Array aswell?

I can't find any clear() function in std.algorithm nor std.range.

On Monday, 16 February 2015 at 16:56:15 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
> Is there a specific function in to empty a builtin D array or should I just do
>
>     auto x = [1,2,3];
>     x = [];
>
> I'm asking because std.container.Array has the member .clear() and I would like my code to compatible with both builtin arrays and std.container.Array. If not is there an con to using x = [] for std.container.Array aswell?
>
> I can't find any clear() function in std.algorithm nor std.range.

You can set the length to zero for both.

On Monday, 16 February 2015 at 17:00:39 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote:
> You can set the length to zero for both.

Thanks.

I believe C++ programmers would find a tiny wrapper function, say clear(), in std.algorithm or perhaps even D array builtin for this nice from a portability point of view.