python: fix error handling

[notmuch] / bindings / python / notmuch / filename.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
index 51dae202d5d656963a977739ae053ef55b35adb5..3f541046ff495bc65cb6f28f50eb5fff2e64b0b3 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/filename.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Filenames(Python3StringMixIn):
              reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
              once all derived objects are dead.
         """
              reference to it, so we can automatically delete the db object
              once all derived objects are dead.
         """

-        if files_p is None:
+        if not files_p:

             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
 
         self._files = files_p
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
 
         self._files = files_p