Hi I am wondering if there has been any discussion why NoneType is not iterable My feeling is that it should be. Sometimes I am using API calls which return None. If there is a return value (which is iterable) I am using a for loop to iterate.
Now I am getting 'TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable'. (Examples are taken from here https://rollbar.com/blog/python-typeerror-nonetype-object-is-not-iterable/) Example 1: mylist = None for x in mylist: print(x) <== will raise TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable Solution: extra If statement if mylist is not None: for x in mylist: print(x) I think Python should handle this case gracefully: if a code would iterate over None: it should not run any step. but proceed the next statement. Has this been discussed or proposed? Thanks Peter -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
