convenience function to check is an string is empty

[mussorgsky] / src / utils.py

diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index 9eb0126..daffb06 100644 (file)
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ def escape_html (text, max_length=40):
         text = text [0:cutpoint] + "..."
     return gobject.markup_escape_text (text)
 
+def is_empty (text):
+    return not text or len (text.strip ()) == 0
 
 # Set socket timeout
 import socket
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ class Set:
         
     def insert (self, element):
         if (not self.d.has_key (element)):
-            print "insert", element
             self.d[element] = 1
             self.k = None