#29356 closed Cleanup/optimization (fixed)
request.GET.getlist default is [] instead of None
| Reported by: | JorisBenschop | Owned by: | Paul Grau |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Ready for checkin | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description
from https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#django.http.QueryDict.getlist:
QueryDict.getlist(key, default=None)¶
Returns a list of the data with the requested key. Returns an empty list if the key doesn’t exist and a default value wasn’t provided
As far as I know an empty list, [] is not the same as None. should it thus not be rewritten as:
QueryDict.getlist(key, default=[ ])¶
Change History (7)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Accepted |
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comment:2 by , 8 years ago
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Agreed with Tim, the signature is right, the return value is explained in the paragraph. I can understand the confusion because the default default value is not the default return value.
comment:4 by , 5 years ago
| Has patch: | set |
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| Resolution: | invalid |
| Status: | closed → new |
There's a PR with a small adjustment to the docs come in for this, which seems acceptable, so reopening to take that.
comment:5 by , 5 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
| Triage Stage: | Accepted → Ready for checkin |
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I'm not sure -- you think we should document that something that differs from the actual signature?