-# Copyright
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2012 W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
+#
+# This file is part of Hooke.
+#
+# Hooke is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+#
+# Hooke is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with Hooke. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""Type conversion utilities.
"""
def from_string(value, type, count=1):
"""Convert `value` from a string to `type`.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+ >>> from_string('abcde', type='string')
+ u'abcde'
+ >>> from_string('None', type='string')
+ >>> from_string(None, type='string')
+ >>> from_string('true', type='bool')
+ True
+ >>> from_string('false', type='bool')
+ False
+ >>> from_string(None, type='bool')
+ False
+ >>> from_string('123', type='int')
+ 123
+ >>> from_string('123', type='float')
+ 123.0
"""
type = ANALOGS.get(type, type)
if type in RAW_TYPES:
return fn(value)
def _string_to_string(value):
- if len(value) == 0:
+ if value in [None, 'None'] or len(value) == 0:
return None
return unicode(value)
def _string_to_bool(value):
- return value == 'True'
+ return hasattr(value, 'lower') and value.lower() == 'true'
def _string_to_int(value):
+ if value in [None, 'None']:
+ return None
return int(value)
def _string_to_float(value):
+ if value in [None, 'None']:
+ return None
return float(value)