niltype 0.3.3

Like a None

Nil Type

Null value for cases when None is part of a data model

from niltype import Nil

if x is Nil: # True only if x is Nil
    pass

Example

from niltype import Nil

def get(dictionary, key, default=Nil):
    try:
        return dictionary[key]
    except KeyError:
        if default is not Nil:
            return default
        raise

get({}, 'key')  # raises KeyError
get({}, 'key', None)  # returns None

Installation

pip3 install niltype