Why is str(None) == 'None' and not an empty string?

Piotr Dobrogost p at google-groups-2013.dobrogost.net
Wed Aug 28 04:57:16 EDT 2013

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Hi!

Having repr(None) == 'None' is sure the right thing but why does str(None) == 'None'? Wouldn't it be more correct if it was an empty string?

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Piotr Dobrogost

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