Steve Holden wrote:
> Arguably, most of that code should have read
>
> if ret:
> ...
>
> rather than
>
> if ret == None:
> ...
>
> since the latter has the flavor of "if expr==True".
>
> So, is breaking bad code more excusable than breaking good code ;-)?
Oh I don't think so. This is a common idiom:
def f(names=None):
if names == None:
names = []
...
regards Max M