That’s worse. IMO, solve this problem with two things:
type hint mylist as list | None or just list
use if not mylist:
The first documents intent and gives you static analysis tools some context to check for type consistency/compatibility, and the second shows that None vs empty isn’t an important distinction here.
Could also compare against:
That way this version isn’t evaluating two functions. The bool evaluation of an integer is false when zero, otherwise true.
That’s worse. IMO, solve this problem with two things:
mylistaslist | Noneor justlistif not mylist:The first documents intent and gives you static analysis tools some context to check for type consistency/compatibility, and the second shows that
Nonevs empty isn’t an important distinction here.