added Element.clear()

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/docutils/code/trunk@3003 929543f6-e4f2-0310-98a6-ba3bd3dd1d04

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docutils/test/test_nodes.py b/docutils/test/test_nodes.py
index 4258d7817..fe8f0420f 100755
--- a/docutils/test/test_nodes.py
+++ b/docutils/test/test_nodes.py
@@ -75,11 +75,14 @@ class ElementTests(unittest.TestCase):
                           '<Element attr="1">text\nmore</Element>')
         dom.unlink()
         self.assertEquals(element.pformat(),
-"""\
-<Element attr="1">
-    text
-    more
-""")
+                          '<Element attr="1">\n    text\n    more\n')
+
+    def test_clear(self):
+        element = nodes.Element()
+        element += nodes.Element()
+        self.assert_(len(element))
+        element.clear()
+        self.assert_(not len(element))
 
 
 class MiscTests(unittest.TestCase):