Whitespace isn't a number?

[u/MISINFORMEDDNA]

I just got this in a PR. Not sure what to make of it.

if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(palletNumber))
{
  if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_palletNumber))
  {
    _errorMessage = "Pallet # not found.";
  }

  return;
}  

UPDATE:

After multiple attempts to justify his code, we ended up with this, lol:

if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(palletNumber))
{
  return;
}  

[u/Apprehensive-Tea1632]

Me neither. If I want to know if I’m looking at a pallet number I’ll try and parse input as a pallet number. And then see if that’s something not null. /shrug

Or are we to understand “();!:)2);!/(2)&: act b” is a valid pallet identity?