From 5d3393baaba9ab9801b8f6f2acb00c99fe8d6d09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik van Blokland <erik@letterror.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:52:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a clear() method to the psHint base object.

git-svn-id: http://svn.robofab.com/trunk@53 b5fa9d6c-a76f-4ffd-b3cb-f825fc41095c
---
 robofab/Lib/robofab/objects/objectsBase.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/robofab/Lib/robofab/objects/objectsBase.py b/robofab/Lib/robofab/objects/objectsBase.py
index be71b34ab..06aa10d97 100755
--- a/robofab/Lib/robofab/objects/objectsBase.py
+++ b/robofab/Lib/robofab/objects/objectsBase.py
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ class BasePostScriptHintValues(object):
 				break
 		return empty
 
+	def clear(self):
+		"""Set all attributes to default / empty"""
+		for name in self._attributeNames:
+			setattr(self, name, self._attributeNames[name]['default'])
+		
 	def _loadFromLib(self, lib):
 		data = lib.get(postScriptHintDataLibKey)
 		if data is not None:
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ class BasePostScriptHintValues(object):
 			v = getattr(other, name)
 			if v is not None:
 				setattr(self, name, v)
-
+	
 	def __repr__(self):
 		return "<Base PS Hint Data>"