[New-bugs-announce] [issue14726] Lib/email/*.py use an EMPTYSTRING global instead of ''

[Gregory P. Smith]

New submission from Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>:

Lib/email/*.py are fond of using

EMPTYSTRING = ''

and within the code:

    EMPTYSTRING.join(...)

instead of just writing:

    ''.join(...)

They should just do the latter.  It'll avoid a name lookup and look less silly to people reading the code.  ;)

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messages: 159974
nosy: gregory.p.smith
priority: low
severity: normal
status: open
title: Lib/email/*.py use an EMPTYSTRING global instead of ''
versions: Python 3.3

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