Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 0/2] support casting line.Value to bool

[Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 07:57:12AM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 09:22:50AM -0700, brgl@bgdev.pl wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 May 2024 02:46:41 +0200, Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> said:
> > > While writing a gpiod plugin for gpiozero (Python), I had to map line.Value
> > > to its bool equivalent.  Casting seemed the obvious way to go, as it is
> > > essentially a boolean, but that didn't work as I expected - it always
> > > returned True. This is the case for any Python type that does not provide
> > > a suitable conversion operator.
> > >
> > > This series adds support for casting line.Value to bool.
> > >
> >
> > Ha! Interesting. Do you think we may need it anywhere else too?
> >
>
> I guess the same applies to the C++ and Rust bindings - I'll have to
> check.
>

Or do you mean other fields?  There wasn't anything in line.py - all the
other enums are non-binary.  And nothing else springs to mind.

Cheers,
Kent.