Clear dict?

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In Python, one may a clear a dict as follows

d = {1:'a'}
d.clear()

In Julia, I’d have expected a similar workflow along the lines of

d = Dict(1=>'a')
clear!(d)

To my surprise, there seems to be no such function clear!(), neither for dicts nor sets. I guess there’s a good reason for this, and likely some best practices to achieve the same outcome. I’d be interested in both. Thanks a lot!

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It’s called empty!.

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# methodswith(type/module/function)
julia> methodswith(Dict)
[1] serialize(s::Serialization.AbstractSerializer, d::Dict) in Serialization at .
...
[11] empty!(h::Dict{K, V}) where {K, V} in Base at dict.jl:265
...
[30] sizehint!(d::Dict{T}, newsz) where T in Base at dict.jl:232

help?> empty!
search: empty! empty isempty

  empty!(collection) -> collection

  Remove all elements from a collection.
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