From 8a087de580b0a5694dd56bddfa01ea5815e307cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Dang <53052793+gtdang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:07:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tests: update tests for read and write configurations

---
 hnn_core/tests/test_io.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hnn_core/tests/test_io.py b/hnn_core/tests/test_io.py
index 7de2ed84c3..3b69aa02b9 100644
--- a/hnn_core/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/hnn_core/tests/test_io.py
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ def test_cell_response_to_dict(jones_2009_network):
     """ Tests _cell_response_to_dict function """
     net = jones_2009_network
 
-    # No simulation so should have None for cell response
+    # Without simulation there should be an empty dict
     result1 = _cell_response_to_dict(net, write_output=True)
-    assert result1 is None
+    assert result1 == dict()
 
     # Check for cell response dictionary after a simulation
     simulate_dipole(net, tstop=2, n_trials=1, dt=0.5)
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ def test_cell_response_to_dict(jones_2009_network):
     result2 = _cell_response_to_dict(net, write_output=True)
     assert bool(result2) and isinstance(result2, dict)
 
-    # Check for None if kw supplied
+    # Check for empty dict if kw supplied
     result3 = _cell_response_to_dict(net, write_output=False)
-    assert result3 is None
+    assert result3 == dict()
 
 
 def test_rec_array_to_dict(jones_2009_network):