[Buildbot-devel] Blank properties

Dustin J. Mitchell dustin at v.igoro.us
Fri Jun 8 06:38:03 UTC 2012


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Georges Racinet <gracinet at anybox.fr> wrote:
> I don't know any program that gives a special meaning to empty
> arguments. If some people consider this to be an issue, we could use
> None, or a special marker instead of '', to the same effect.

Actually, lots of programs give special meaning to empty arguments.

This is already supported -- use [] for a default value.  Buildbot
"flattens" command lists before executing them.

I think this was added in 0.8.6, so ymmv for older versions :)

Dustin




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