I find the need for that regularly. And I use the obvious syntax which
everyone else uses:

if not seq:
    print("This page is intentionally left blank")
else:
    for i in seq:
        ...

Not so easy for an iterator though.

I’m more likely to do something like this:

Page = NewPage()
For content in iterable:
    Page.Add_stuff(content)

If not Page:
    print("This page is intentionally left blank")

(Sorry For the non PEP8 compliant capitalization— damn phone)

-CHB

--
Christopher Barker, PhD

Python Language Consulting
  - Teaching
  - Scientific Software Development
  - Desktop GUI and Web Development
  - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython