Re: [PATCH] python/thread: always return a string in get_subject/authors

Subject: Re: [PATCH] python/thread: always return a string in get_subject/authors

Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 08:57:07 -0400

To: David Bremner

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: servilio

On 9 May 2011 08:20, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
> On Mon,  9 May 2011 09:06:34 +0200, Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net> wrote:
>> Now None is returned when those don't exist, which is inconvenient to
>> deal with.
>
> I'm not using the python bindings, but from a philosophical point of
> view, this change makes me a bit uncomfortable since it apparently
> merges two cases together, and makes an error (no Subject)
> indistinguishable from an odd situation (Subject of empty string).
> Or am I missing something here?

I see the the same issue.

Servilio

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