Hi Jack, Jack Kamm <jackk...@gmail.com> writes:
> Below is a very small patch to Python session blocks, to make them > return a blank result (empty string) instead of None when there is no > return value. > > Normally I would push this myself, but since we are so close to 9.4, I > thought it prudent to mail a patch and let the maintainers handle it. It > would be nice to include in 9.4, but not a big deal if I've missed the > window. Applied, thanks for the patch and the precaution not to commit it directly. > Now for an explanation of the patch: 9.4 changes Python session blocks > to fix several bugs and improve robustness overall [0]. However, there > is a cost to these fixes, which is that the session blocks can only > return a result when it is a top-level expression on the last line of > the block. If the last line is not a top-level expression, the block > would previously print "None". However, after some testing, I think this > is a little counter-intuitive, and it would be better if it returned a > blank (empty) result instead of "None". I've seen you update the NEWS entry, which is good: is there a way to present the enhancements in the "* New features" section? If you feel like it, please advertize the enhancements there too. Thanks, -- Bastien
