From 8b0eb5766af4fb4545baa116237690e58ed36dec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:56:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: handle non-existent default

Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
---
 cdist/emulator.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cdist/emulator.py b/cdist/emulator.py
index 1e530fec..78597621 100644
--- a/cdist/emulator.py
+++ b/cdist/emulator.py
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class DefaultList(list):
     @classmethod
     def create(cls, initial=None):
         if initial:
-            initial = initial.split('\n')
-        return cls(initial)
+            return cls(initial.split('\n'))
+        return cls()
 
 
 class Emulator(object):