( )⚙ D7037 context: make copies related function return None or a valid value

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context: make copies related function return None or a valid value
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Authored by marmoute on Oct 9 2019, 6:43 PM.

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Summary

With the previous code, existing but empty value where not "decoded", leading to
the method returning one of None, some valid value (list or dict) or
b''.

On a general basis, not explicitly checking for None is a source of bugs.
Having a clean return types will help the side-data copies code in future
changesets.

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marmoute created this revision.Oct 9 2019, 6:43 PM
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