Re: What behavior would you expect?

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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
>>   if len(fs) == 0:  ... # didn't get a filename
> Bikeshedding: That could be written as simply "if not fs". :)

Yeah, in that instance you could do that.  It's an unsafe practice when
None is used as the no-value marker, since the empty string is a
perfectly good string and also converts to boolean false.

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What behavior would you expect? Jason Friedman <jsf80238@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 21:44 -0700
  Re: What behavior would you expect? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 14:16 +0000
    Re: What behavior would you expect? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 02:08 +1100
      Re: What behavior would you expect? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 20:03 +0000
        Re: What behavior would you expect? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:11 +1100
          Re: What behavior would you expect? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2015-02-20 04:54 +0000
            Re: What behavior would you expect? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 16:16 +1100
              Re: What behavior would you expect? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2015-02-20 05:40 +0000
                Re: What behavior would you expect? Jason Friedman <jsf80238@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 22:49 -0700
                Re: What behavior would you expect? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-19 22:18 -0800
                Re: What behavior would you expect? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 17:21 +1100
                Re: What behavior would you expect? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-19 23:18 -0800

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