drop_blank_attrs

function of dascore.io.utils

source

drop_blank_attrs(
    attrs: <class ‘dict ,
    names: collections.abc.Iterable[str] ,
)-> ’dict’

Drop the named attrs whose value is blank, in place.

A field the vendor left empty, or omitted, states nothing. Keeping it turns “the file does not say” into a value downstream code can match on, so the parse boundary drops it rather than passing the blank along.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
attrs	The parsed attrs, modified in place and returned.
names	The attrs to drop when blank. A name is blank when it is missing, None, or a string of only whitespace.