From 1764c1dcd246111ca5833c56ee3cc3b630066374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Hall <nick__hall@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:27:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 6599: Fix matching empty fields in empty locations using
 regular expressions

svn: r21911
---
 src/Filters/Rules/Place/_HasPlace.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Filters/Rules/Place/_HasPlace.py b/src/Filters/Rules/Place/_HasPlace.py
index de043e15e..4993af821 100644
--- a/src/Filters/Rules/Place/_HasPlace.py
+++ b/src/Filters/Rules/Place/_HasPlace.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from gen.ggettext import gettext as _
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from Filters.Rules._Rule import Rule
+from gen.lib import Location
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ class HasPlace(Rule):
         return False
 
     def apply_location(self, loc):
-        # Empty locaiton does not match anything
         if not loc:
-            return False
+            # Allow regular expressions to match empty fields
+            loc = Location()
 
         if not self.match_substring(1, loc.get_street()):
             return False