Ed Leafe wrote:
> On Aug 22, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
> 
>>>     That said, is it still a good idea to check for UserSQL being None,
>>> as opposed to "if not UserSQL"?
>> None is more explicit, but I could go either way.
> 
>       I understand, but if the developer writes code like:
> 
> self.UserSQL = ""
> 
> ...it's obvious that they are trying to clear the value, and not  
> execute an empty statement.

I thought about that, too. I agree... actually I think it may be 
slightly better to modify the setter like:

if not val:
        self._userSQL = None

That way the appdev can see that when they set it to "" or 0 or False, 
it actually gets set to None.

-- 
pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com


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