From 16f90dd82152c2facc3759f8b5086f6ac1406f89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: valeros <valeros08@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:22:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore possible empty defines when exporting IDE data //
 Resolve #3690

---
 platformio/builder/tools/pioide.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/pioide.py b/platformio/builder/tools/pioide.py
index b9fab375..8248c06a 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/pioide.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/pioide.py
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ def _dump_defines(env):
     defines = []
     # global symbols
     for item in processDefines(env.get("CPPDEFINES", [])):
-        defines.append(env.subst(item).replace("\\", ""))
+        item = item.strip()
+        if item:
+            defines.append(env.subst(item).replace("\\", ""))
 
     # special symbol for Atmel AVR MCU
     if env["PIOPLATFORM"] == "atmelavr":