Two possibilities:
1) the perfectly backward compatible, retrun False 2) the more pythonic, return the empty value of the object (i.e. "" for str) _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/AAKZHTW3RFUFNRTLHCQUHOIEQQH6YDMA/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/