use 'x is None' instead of 'x == None'
The built-in None object is a singleton and it is therefore safe to
compare memory addresses with is. It is also faster, how much depends
on the object being compared. For a simple type like str I get:
| s = "foo" | s = None
----------+-----------+----------
s == None | 0.25 usec | 0.21 usec
s is None | 0.17 usec | 0.17 usec
adding a
% default context
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
c
a
a
-b
+dd
a
a
c
% invalid --unified
abort: diff context lines count must be an integer, not 'foo'
% --unified=2
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
a
a
-b
+dd
a
a
% diff.unified=2
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
a
a
-b
+dd
a
a
% diff.unified=2 --unified=1
diff -r cf9f4ba66af2 a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -4,3 +4,3 @@
a
-b
+dd
a
% invalid diff.unified
abort: diff context lines count must be an integer, not 'foo'
% test off-by-one error with diff -p
adding a
diff -r cb9a9f314b8b a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@
+b
@@ -2,0 +3,1 @@ a
+c