Correctly handle payloads that are empty lists or dictionaries (fixes #5)

Author: miguelgrinberg

socketio/packet.py

@@ -146,10 +146,11 @@ def _data_is_binary(self, data):
         elif isinstance(data, list):
             return functools.reduce(
                 lambda a, b: a or b, [self._data_is_binary(item)
-                                      for item in data])
+                                      for item in data], False)
         elif isinstance(data, dict):
             return functools.reduce(
                 lambda a, b: a or b, [self._data_is_binary(item)
-                                      for item in six.itervalues(data)])
+                                      for item in six.itervalues(data)],
+                False)
         else:
             return False

tests/test_packet.py

@@ -172,3 +172,18 @@ def test_decode_many_binary_ack(self):
         self.assertEqual(pkt.data['a'], '123')
         self.assertEqual(pkt.data['b'], b'456')
         self.assertEqual(pkt.data['c'], [b'789', 123])
+
+    def test_data_is_binary_list(self):
+        pkt = packet.Packet()
+        self.assertFalse(pkt._data_is_binary([six.text_type('foo')]))
+        self.assertFalse(pkt._data_is_binary([]))
+        self.assertTrue(pkt._data_is_binary([b'foo']))
+        self.assertTrue(pkt._data_is_binary([six.text_type('foo'), b'bar']))
+
+    def test_data_is_binary_dict(self):
+        pkt = packet.Packet()
+        self.assertFalse(pkt._data_is_binary({'a': six.text_type('foo')}))
+        self.assertFalse(pkt._data_is_binary({}))
+        self.assertTrue(pkt._data_is_binary({'a': b'foo'}))
+        self.assertTrue(pkt._data_is_binary({'a': six.text_type('foo'),
+                                             'b': b'bar'}))