Would you consider
seq = seq or []
a viable alternative to your if-construction?
Yes, I would see that as a viable alternative :-) — although I would argue that:
if X is None
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Would you consider
a viable alternative to your if-construction?
Yes, I would see that as a viable alternative :-) — although I would argue that:
if X is Nonecheck in Python code more often — not sure it means anything in terms of "pythonicism", though!if X is Noneanyway.