X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fnotmuch%2Fmessage.py;h=e71dbe3e9933011d334d3ed18990d6fa2844693d;hp=de0fb4151e52e50c3f3eb684932b65820d74cf82;hb=HEAD;hpb=c3a683299d4c27d6eadaacf4fb516f73a6c69fc3

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
index de0fb415..e71dbe3e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/message.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import sys
 
 
 class Message(Python3StringMixIn):
-    """Represents a single Email message
+    r"""Represents a single Email message
 
     Technically, this wraps the underlying *notmuch_message_t*
     structure. A user will usually not create these objects themselves
@@ -482,7 +482,9 @@ class Message(Python3StringMixIn):
         if status != 0:
             raise NotmuchError(status)
 
-        return value.value.decode('utf-8') if value is not None else None
+        if value is None or value.value is None:
+            return None
+        return value.value.decode('utf-8')
 
     def get_properties(self, prop="", exact=False):
         """ Get the properties of the message, returning a generator of