clear() and UFCS

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:03:33 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen <alex at lycus.org>  
wrote:

> On 25-05-2012 16:56, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>
>> Wow, you're right, it's not documented. That should be fixed!
>
> Before we do, we should deprecate clear and rename it to finalize,  
> though.

I don't like finalize because it's not a finalizer.

I think we should mimic other languages that have a finalizer and a  
deterministic dispose function.

-Steve