[outdated] A command/function to clear the savedVariables

[lyravega]

A command/function that clears everything in a savedVariable file, it could be useful. We could include it in "defaults" button, for example, to clean the file up before re-initializing everything with default values.

Reasons: "released" variables stay in the file unless the add-on sets them to nil. An official, quick command to clean the savedVariable file up would be much more useful.

[BadVolt]

Originally Posted by lyravega A command/function that clears everything in a savedVariable file, it could be useful. We could include it in "defaults" button, for example, to clean the file up before re-initializing everything with default values. Reasons: "released" variables stay in the file unless the add-on sets them to nil. An official, quick command to clean the savedVariable file up would be much more useful.

This is my function to clear SV.

function IRY:cls()
    self.playerDatabase.data={}
 
    ReloadUI()
end

[zgrssd]

The simplest way to force the Cosntructor to ingore the current saved stuff and instead use the default is to increase the version you hand it. While normally you use a design time constant, nothing prevents you from making this a variable.
You just need a different namespace in the same file to store wich version was last used.
Each Namespace can have a different version given during accessing, so you can throw out one part of the data and leave the others intact (like those settings) intact.