minor fix and changelog

diff --git a/doc/news/changes/minor/20210721JiaqiZhang b/doc/news/changes/minor/20210721JiaqiZhang
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..010a727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/news/changes/minor/20210721JiaqiZhang
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+New: The new function TableBase::clear() allows to 
+empty a Table object.
+<br>
+(Jiaqi Zhang, 2021/07/21)

diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/table.h b/include/deal.II/base/table.h
index 7eb422369f42f9003d24b85b24347cf70a3f4089..62541c403466dcb81899115101bfbaeabde7ecd4 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/base/table.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/table.h
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ template <int N, typename T>
 inline void
 TableBase<N, T>::clear()
 {
-  values.resize(0);
+  values.clear();
   table_size = TableIndices<N>();
 }