Message.attach() loses empty attachments

[raphmankinorguk]

BPO	9874
Nosy	@warsaw, @bitdancer

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2013-02-11.15:28:35.013>
created_at = <Date 2010-09-16.13:53:16.507>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-email']
title = 'Message.attach() loses empty attachments'
updated_at = <Date 2013-02-11.15:28:35.009>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/raphmankinorguk'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'works for me'
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status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue9874'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3']

[raphmankinorguk]

When attaching a sequence of parts to a MIMEMultipart message, empty attachments are silently discarded.

[bitdancer]

Can you provide a simple example program that demonstrates the problem?

[raphmankinorguk]

'Simple' is the problem. I will come back to you on this.

[bitdancer]

Got your off-ticket email. I was hoping for something that *just* demonstrated the problem (just enough code to show the issue). It may be a bit before I can find the time to reduce your code to such a test case.

[bitdancer]

And now it's been long enough that I lost the email :(

[bitdancer]

Lacking a reproducer, there's not much we can do here, so closing.