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Re:What is wrong with NULL by mcguire on Monday August 31, 2015 @05:23PM (#10149177)
"In Python, you can also pass 42, [], or the sqlalchemy module. None isn't special here..."

...the interpreter's environment, my left elbow, the magic unicorn that lives under my steps,...

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Re:What is wrong with NULL by kazinator on Monday August 31, 2015 @05:32PM (#10149230)
Sorry, no. You can only pass a stable, property typed Python representation of your left elbow, or the magic unicorn, not the elbow or unicorn itself.
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Re:What is wrong with NULL by foota on Monday August 31, 2015 @11:01PM (#10150476)
If it quacks like a unicorn then it's still a duck
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Re:What is wrong with NULL by kazinator on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @12:42AM (#10150761)
Unicorn? Une corne?

Ceci n'est pas une corne.

Sometimes a horn is just a cigar.

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