python: fix error handling

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

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/thread.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/thread.py
index e81ff1bdea305de55fada9a308508c4a5e6bd5d2..104710c4374cd30cf3e5ff755f09fa8297aca14b 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/thread.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/thread.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Threads(Python3StringMixIn):
         :TODO: Make the iterator work more than once and cache the tags in
                the Python object.(?)
         """
-        if threads_p is None:
+        if not threads_p:
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
 
         self._threads = threads_p
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Thread(object):
               automatically delete the parent object once all derived
               objects are dead.
         """
-        if thread_p is None:
+        if not thread_p:
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
         self._thread = thread_p
         #keep reference to parent, so we keep it alive
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class Thread(object):
 
         msgs_p = Thread._get_toplevel_messages(self._thread)
 
-        if msgs_p is None:
+        if not msgs_p:
             raise NotmuchError(STATUS.NULL_POINTER)
 
         return Messages(msgs_p, self)