Index: Objects/bytearrayobject.c =================================================================== --- Objects/bytearrayobject.c (revision 88639) +++ Objects/bytearrayobject.c (working copy) @@ -1148,7 +1148,31 @@ return count_obj; } +PyDoc_STRVAR(clear__doc__, +"B.clear() -> None\n\ +\n\ +Remove all items from B."); +static PyObject * +bytearray_clear(PyByteArrayObject *self) +{ + if (PyByteArray_Resize((PyObject *)self, 0) < 0) + return NULL; + Py_RETURN_NONE; +} + +PyDoc_STRVAR(copy__doc__, +"B.copy() -> bytearray\n\ +\n\ +Return a copy of B."); + +static PyObject * +bytearray_copy(PyByteArrayObject *self) +{ + return PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize(PyByteArray_AS_STRING((PyObject *)self), + PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(self)); +} + PyDoc_STRVAR(index__doc__, "B.index(sub[, start[, end]]) -> int\n\ \n\ @@ -2730,6 +2754,8 @@ {"capitalize", (PyCFunction)stringlib_capitalize, METH_NOARGS, _Py_capitalize__doc__}, {"center", (PyCFunction)stringlib_center, METH_VARARGS, center__doc__}, + {"clear", (PyCFunction)bytearray_clear, METH_NOARGS, clear__doc__}, + {"copy", (PyCFunction)bytearray_copy, METH_NOARGS, copy__doc__}, {"count", (PyCFunction)bytearray_count, METH_VARARGS, count__doc__}, {"decode", (PyCFunction)bytearray_decode, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, decode_doc}, {"endswith", (PyCFunction)bytearray_endswith, METH_VARARGS, endswith__doc__}, Index: Misc/NEWS =================================================================== --- Misc/NEWS (revision 88639) +++ Misc/NEWS (working copy) @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ - Check for NULL result in PyType_FromSpec. -- Issue #10516: New copy() and clear() methods for lists. +- Issue #10516: New copy() and clear() methods for lists and bytearrays. Library ------- Index: Doc/library/stdtypes.rst =================================================================== --- Doc/library/stdtypes.rst (revision 88639) +++ Doc/library/stdtypes.rst (working copy) @@ -1675,10 +1675,10 @@ | ``s.extend(x)`` | same as ``s[len(s):len(s)] = | \(2) | | | x`` | | +------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+ -| ``s.clear()`` | remove all items from ``s`` | \(8) | +| ``s.clear()`` | remove all items from ``s`` | | | | | | +------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+ -| ``s.copy()`` | return a shallow copy of ``s`` | \(8) | +| ``s.copy()`` | return a shallow copy of ``s`` | | | | | | +------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+ | ``s.count(x)`` | return number of *i*'s for | | @@ -1757,8 +1757,7 @@ detect that the list has been mutated during a sort. (8) - :meth:`clear`, :meth:`!copy` and :meth:`sort` are not supported by - :class:`bytearray` objects. + :meth:`sort` is not supported by :class:`bytearray` objects. .. versionadded:: 3.3 :meth:`clear` and :meth:`!copy` methods. Index: Lib/test/test_bytes.py =================================================================== --- Lib/test/test_bytes.py (revision 88639) +++ Lib/test/test_bytes.py (working copy) @@ -564,6 +564,39 @@ b.reverse() self.assertFalse(b) + def test_clear(self): + b = bytearray(b'python') + b.clear() + self.assertEqual(b, b'') + + b = bytearray(b'') + b.clear() + self.assertEqual(b, b'') + + b = bytearray(b'') + b.append(ord('r')) + b.clear() + b.append(ord('p')) + self.assertEqual(b, b'p') + + def test_copy(self): + b = bytearray(b'abc') + bb = b.copy() + self.assertEqual(bb, b'abc') + + b = bytearray(b'') + bb = b.copy() + self.assertEqual(bb, b'') + + # test that it's indeed a copy and not a reference + b = bytearray(b'abc') + bb = b.copy() + self.assertEqual(b, bb) + self.assertNotEqual(id(b), id(bb)) + bb.append(ord('d')) + self.assertEqual(bb, b'abcd') + self.assertEqual(b, b'abc') + def test_regexps(self): def by(s): return bytearray(map(ord, s))