# HG changeset patch
# User David Keijser <keijser@gmail.com>
# Date 1604248014 -3600
#      Sun Nov 01 17:26:54 2020 +0100
# Node ID 33f5a3354dc7b1fce8639602d4212da01c7da19a
# Parent  64f694b06df5c2f5140d456de6304804d4d8c8be
Return None when trying to get missing sub-directive

This aligns with the behaviour of get on the top-level directive, previously it
would instead raise an exception.

diff --git a/scfg/__init__.py b/scfg/__init__.py
--- a/scfg/__init__.py
+++ b/scfg/__init__.py
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
     def __init__(self, name, params, children=None):
         self.name = name
         self.params = params
-        if children is not None:
-            self.children = children
+        self.children = children or []
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.name}: {self.params}"
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
             train.get_all("model")[1].get("weight").params[0], "540t"
         )
 
+    def test_access_missing(self):
+        train = self.config.get("train")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            train.get("missing"), None
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            train.get_all("model")[0].get("lines-served").get("missing"), None
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()