[4suite] Re: [XML-SIG] empty namespaces

[Mike Brown]

Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> > I don't think so. We're not going to change this, so I don't really
> > see what we achieve by it.
> 
> Source code readability. In the code I write, I tend to use symbolic
> constants for the namespaces I use. Having EMPTY_NAMESPACE as an alias for
> None makes the code more readable. 

A stronger argument might be that "None" is ubiquitous and generic,
whereas a constant has specific semantics. I can appreciate wanting
to distinguish between an accidental None and a deliberate EMPTY_NAMESPACE.

   - Mike
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