commit 536999c6972d3f997f7d297ab468ad94fa1c0924
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Sat Apr 23 20:11:50 2011 -0700
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Sat Apr 23 20:11:50 2011 -0700
tree c44baf4fa896817b9e477f1dd19960af4f59d736
parent b36f747464b70db34f7b1fa5ae4285eccec6dfe6

Minor code clean-up.

Lib/collections.py

diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index 0a3f18c..d41e00b 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
         try:
             for node in self.__map.itervalues():
                 del node[:]
-            self.__root[:] = [self.__root, self.__root, None]
+            root = self.__root
+            root[:] = [root, root, None]
             self.__map.clear()
         except AttributeError:
             pass