X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/8171fe4571a57bf8e5b2a8f676989e973897e2e7..4b007ae74039d26cd0b5cfd755beac9081b3528a:/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/strip_brace_terms.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/strip_brace_terms.py b/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/strip_brace_terms.py
index 4423d305..caadc815 100644
--- a/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/strip_brace_terms.py
+++ b/nominatim/tokenizer/sanitizers/strip_brace_terms.py
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 """
-Sanitizer handling names with addendums in braces.
+This sanitizer creates additional name variants for names that have
+addendums in brackets (e.g. "Halle (Saale)"). The additional variant contains
+only the main name part with the bracket part removed.
 """
 
 def create(_):
     """ Create a name processing function that creates additional name variants
-        when a name has an addendum in brackets (e.g. "Halle (Saale)"). The
-        additional variant only contains the main name without the bracket part.
+        for bracket addendums.
     """
     def _process(obj):
         """ Add variants for names that have a bracket extension.
         """
-        new_names = []
         if obj.names:
+            new_names = []
             for name in (n for n in obj.names if '(' in n.name):
                 new_name = name.name.split('(')[0].strip()
                 if new_name:
                     new_names.append(name.clone(name=new_name))
 
-        obj.names.extend(new_names)
+            obj.names.extend(new_names)
 
     return _process