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
% pattern error
grep: invalid match pattern: nothing to repeat
% simple
port:4:export
port:4:vaportight
port:4:import/export
% all
port:4:4:-:spam:import/export
port:3:4:+:eggs:import/export
port:2:1:-:spam:import
port:2:2:-:spam:export
port:2:1:+:spam:export
port:2:2:+:spam:vaportight
port:2:3:+:spam:import/export
port:1:2:+:eggs:export
port:0:1:+:spam:import
% other
port:4:import/export
% follow
port:0:import
port2:6:4:+:eggs:deport
port:4:4:-:spam:import/export
port:3:4:+:eggs:import/export
port:2:1:-:spam:import
port:2:2:-:spam:export
port:2:1:+:spam:export
port:2:2:+:spam:vaportight
port:2:3:+:spam:import/export
port:1:2:+:eggs:export
port:0:1:+:spam:import
color:3:orange
color:3:+:orange
color:2:-:orange
color:1:+:orange
% match in last line without newline
adding noeol
% last character omitted in output to avoid infinite loop
noeol:4:no infinite loo
% issue 685
adding color
color:0:octarine
colour:1:octarine
colour:1:octarine