On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:15:56AM +0100, Matthias Radestock wrote:
> xxxxxx@freenetproject.org wrote:
>
> >This is missing from the spec.  A functional version of clear isn't
> >necessary, as it would be equivalent to constructing a new, empty
> >collection.
>
> The result is equivalent but the invocation isn't: constructing a new
> collection requires knowledge of the collection type; calling clear
> doesn't. For that reason, and for sake of uniformity, there should be a
> functional version of clear.

Ah yes.  Excellent point.

	Scott