From 4c7b4f70e3cbfff1752f1ab06bfc9ae13c375483 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillermo Vaya <guivaya@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:58:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] changed try to testing for an empty list for legibility (as
 suggested by paultag), also added to authors

---
 AUTHORS      | 1 +
 hy/macros.py | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 92c6c0b..5fb15b6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 * rogererens <roger.erens@e-s-c.biz>
 * Thomas Ballinger <thomasballinger@gmail.com>
 * Morten Linderud <mcfoxax@gmail.com>
+* Guillermo Vayá <guivaya@gmail.com>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hy/macros.py b/hy/macros.py
index 32ac483..dab960a 100644
--- a/hy/macros.py
+++ b/hy/macros.py
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ _wrappers = {
 
 def process(tree, module_name):
     if isinstance(tree, HyExpression):
-        try:
-            fn = tree[0]
-        except IndexError:
+        if tree == []:
+            # set value to []
             ntree = HyList()
             ntree.replace(tree)
             return ntree
+        
+        fn = tree[0]
         if fn in ("quote", "quasiquote"):
             return tree
         ntree = HyExpression(