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-rw-r--r--python/qemu/aqmp/events.py9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/events.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/events.py
index 271899f6b8..5f7150c78d 100644
--- a/python/qemu/aqmp/events.py
+++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/events.py
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ class EventListener:
         """
         return self._queue.empty()
 
-    def clear(self) -> None:
+    def clear(self) -> List[Message]:
         """
         Clear this listener of all pending events.
 
@@ -570,17 +570,22 @@ class EventListener:
         pending FIFO queue synchronously. It can be also be used to
         manually clear any pending events, if desired.
 
+        :return: The cleared events, if any.
+
         .. warning::
             Take care when discarding events. Cleared events will be
             silently tossed on the floor. All events that were ever
             accepted by this listener are visible in `history()`.
         """
+        events = []
         while True:
             try:
-                self._queue.get_nowait()
+                events.append(self._queue.get_nowait())
             except asyncio.QueueEmpty:
                 break
 
+        return events
+
     def __aiter__(self) -> AsyncIterator[Message]:
         return self