[issue25243] decouple string-to-boolean logic from ConfigParser.getboolean and offer as separate function

[Joshua Bronson]

New submission from Joshua Bronson:

ConfigParser.getboolean[1] has logic to convert strings like '0' and 'False' to False. This logic is generally useful in other contexts and need not be coupled to ConfigParser. Would you consider accepting a patch that factored this string-to-boolean logic out of ConfigParser into a standalone function, and changed ConfigParser.getboolean internally to call that?

Thanks for your consideration.

[1] https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#configparser.ConfigParser.getboolean

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messages: 251664
nosy: jab
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: decouple string-to-boolean logic from ConfigParser.getboolean and offer as separate function
type: enhancement

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