implement Mutable trait for vec

src/libcore/core.rc

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pub use path::PosixPath;
 
 pub use tuple::{CopyableTuple, ImmutableTuple, ExtendedTupleOps};
 pub use str::{StrSlice, Trimmable};
-pub use container::Container;
+pub use container::{Container, Mutable};
 pub use vec::{CopyableVector, ImmutableVector};
 pub use vec::{ImmutableEqVector, ImmutableCopyableVector};
 pub use vec::{OwnedVector, OwnedCopyableVector};

src/libcore/prelude.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 pub use tuple::{CopyableTuple, ImmutableTuple, ExtendedTupleOps};
 pub use str::{StrSlice, Trimmable};
-pub use container::Container;
+pub use container::{Container, Mutable};
 pub use vec::{CopyableVector, ImmutableVector};
 pub use vec::{ImmutableEqVector, ImmutableCopyableVector};
 pub use vec::{OwnedVector, OwnedCopyableVector};

src/libcore/vec.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #[forbid(deprecated_pattern)];
 #[warn(non_camel_case_types)];
 
-use container::Container;
+use container::{Container, Mutable};
 use cast::transmute;
 use cast;
 use cmp::{Eq, Ord};
@@ -1941,6 +1941,11 @@ fn partition(self, f: fn(&T) -> bool) -> (~[T], ~[T]) {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> ~[T]: Mutable {
+    /// Clear the vector, removing all values.
+    fn clear(&mut self) { self.truncate(0) }
+}
+
 pub trait OwnedCopyableVector<T: Copy> {
     fn push_all(&mut self, rhs: &[const T]);
     fn grow(&mut self, n: uint, initval: &T);
@@ -2692,6 +2697,14 @@ fn test_truncate() {
         // If the unsafe block didn't drop things properly, we blow up here.
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_clear() {
+        let mut v = ~[@6,@5,@4];
+        v.clear();
+        assert(v.len() == 0);
+        // If the unsafe block didn't drop things properly, we blow up here.
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_dedup() {
         fn case(a: ~[uint], b: ~[uint]) {