v.1.2.0 contd

* JS/PY: empty function now behaves exactly like PHP's function ie true also for string with value "0"

changelog.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __1.2.0__
 * add new template function `striptags` to strip `html tags` from string
 * add custom `pluralForm` callable (per context) for current locale. It specifies whether a `singular` or `plural` string is to be used based on numeric value given (eg a-la wordpress) (see manual how to set or clear)
 * `locale`/`xlocale` methods slightly changed signature and can accept an optional `array`/`list` of arguments which will be used to format the string to be localised a-la `sprintf` functionality (done automaticaly) (NOTE: limited `sprintf` support for python implementation)
+* JS/PY: `empty` function behaves now exactly like PHP's function, ie it returns `true` also for string with value `"0"`
 
 
 __1.1.10__

src/js/Contemplate.js

@@ -2879,7 +2879,8 @@ function RE( r, f )
 }
 function empty( o )
 {
-    if ( !o || !Boolean(o) ) return true;
+    // exactly like php's empty function
+    if ( !o || !Boolean(o) || "0"===o ) return true;
     var to_string = toString.call(o);
     if ( (o instanceof Array || o instanceof String || '[object Array]' === to_string || '[object String]' === to_string) && !o.length ) return true;
     if ( (o instanceof Object || '[object Object]' === to_string) && !Keys(o).length ) return true;

src/python/Contemplate.py

@@ -2314,8 +2314,9 @@ def haskey( v, *args ):
         return True
 
     def empty( v ):
+        # exactly like php's function
         #return bool(v) or (isinstance(v, (tuple,list,str,dict)) and 0 == len(v))
-        return not bool(v)
+        return (isinstance(v, str) and "0" == v) or not bool(v)
 
     #def iif( cond_, then_, else_=None ):
     #    return then_ if cond_ else else_