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Title: path name must always be string (or None)
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Components: Distutils2 Versions: Python 3.3
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Assigned To: tarek Nosy List: alexis, eric.araujo, tarek, tshepang
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2012-02-08 11:56 by tshepang, last changed 2012-02-08 16:32 by eric.araujo.

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Messages (2)
msg152845 - (view) Author: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe (tshepang) * Date: 2012-02-08 11:56
I was writing a test that could return True for "if not pathname" (http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/58bd6a58365d/Lib/packaging/util.py#l109), and included all values I know that could return a False value, but then I realised that the only value we should check against is an empty string... I don't think any other type is applicable.

I left None as a valid type, otherwise some other test (test_command_install_dist.py) fails.
msg152883 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-02-08 16:32
Hm, that function is for internal use only, and our code always passes a string, so I’m not sure a type check is useful.
History
Date User Action Args
2012-02-08 16:32:04eric.araujosetmessages: + msg152883
2012-02-08 12:28:55tshepangsetnosy: + eric.araujo, alexis, tarek
title: path name must always be string -> path name must always be string (or None)
assignee: tarek
versions: + Python 3.3
components: + Distutils2
2012-02-08 11:56:37tshepangcreate