ConfigParser.BOOLEAN_STATES
By default when using getboolean(), config parsers consider the following values True: '1', 'yes', 'true', 'on' and the following values False: '0', 'no', 'false', 'off'. You can override this by specifying a custom dictionary of strings and their Boolean outcomes. For example:
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1 Example
>>> custom = configparser.ConfigParser() >>> custom['section1'] = {'funky': 'nope'} >>> custom['section1'].getboolean('funky') Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Not a boolean: nope >>> custom.BOOLEAN_STATES = {'sure': True, 'nope': False} >>> custom['section1'].getboolean('funky') False
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