gh-111138: Add PyList_Extend() and PyList_Clear() functions (#111862)

* Split list_extend() into two sub-functions: list_extend_fast() and
  list_extend_iter().
* list_inplace_concat() no longer has to call Py_DECREF() on the
  list_extend() result, since list_extend() now returns an int.

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/list.rst b/Doc/c-api/list.rst
index c15cecd..c8b64ba 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/list.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/list.rst
@@ -128,6 +128,30 @@ List Objects
    list is not supported.
 
 
+.. c:function:: int PyList_Extend(PyObject *list, PyObject *iterable)
+
+   Extend *list* with the contents of *iterable*.  This is the same as
+   ``PyList_SetSlice(list, PY_SSIZE_T_MAX, PY_SSIZE_T_MAX, iterable)``
+   and analogous to ``list.extend(iterable)`` or ``list += iterable``.
+
+   Raise an exception and return ``-1`` if *list* is not a :class:`list`
+   object. Return 0 on success.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.13
+
+
+.. c:function:: int PyList_Clear(PyObject *list)
+
+   Remove all items from *list*.  This is the same as
+   ``PyList_SetSlice(list, 0, PY_SSIZE_T_MAX, NULL)`` and analogous to
+   ``list.clear()`` or ``del list[:]``.
+
+   Raise an exception and return ``-1`` if *list* is not a :class:`list`
+   object.  Return 0 on success.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.13
+
+
 .. c:function:: int PyList_Sort(PyObject *list)
 
    Sort the items of *list* in place.  Return ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index ae3c88d..9f9239a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -1164,6 +1164,10 @@ New Features
   :c:func:`PyErr_WriteUnraisable`, but allow to customize the warning mesage.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`108082`.)
 
+* Add :c:func:`PyList_Extend` and :c:func:`PyList_Clear` functions: similar to
+  Python ``list.extend()`` and ``list.clear()`` methods.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`111138`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.13
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