Use is None rather than general boolean

diff --git a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
index ab34e8fe8cb5cfb6b686dde3de3a4f5151ac3d66..2e7bb3ff38f7fd360c469e889204103a10df8372 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
             short, long = self.responses[code]
         except KeyError:
             short, long = '???', '???'
-        if not message:
+        if message is None:
             message = short
         explain = long
         self.log_error("code %d, message %s", code, message)