[PATCH 3 of 8] namespaces: add convenience method called multify

[Durham Goode]

On 12/14/14 4:37 PM, Sean Farley wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Sean Farley <sean.michael.farley at gmail.com>
> # Date 1418598280 28800
> #      Sun Dec 14 15:04:40 2014 -0800
> # Node ID 519aa5b4f74d5604b2d3d34c4e75b99d698b01b5
> # Parent  98bc28635ee1999c778e5c98f55423147d316a9e
> namespaces: add convenience method called multify
>
> diff --git a/mercurial/namespaces.py b/mercurial/namespaces.py
> --- a/mercurial/namespaces.py
> +++ b/mercurial/namespaces.py
> @@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
>   from mercurial import util
>   
> +def multify(val):
> +    """
> +    a convenience method to return an empty list instead of None
> +    """
>
Is multify a word?  I've never heard it before, so naming this multify 
is about as meaningful as naming it pooperdooper().  How about 
"makelist()" or something?