adam carr wrote: > I call a function get_items() which returns a list of items. > However, in some cases, it returns just one item. > It returns the item as an object though, not as a list containing one object. > In other cases it simply returns None. > > What is the cleanest way to iterate over the return value of this function? > Or would it be better to fix the get_items() function itself to always > return lists no matter what?
Given the name "get_items()" in plural, I'd opt for letting it always return a list. That also reduces the special case of returning None, where it would now return an empty list. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
