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Author paul.j3
Recipients Thermi, joker, paul.j3, rhettinger
Date 2021-07-28.19:51:44
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Joker

'type=bool' has been discussed in other issues.  'bool' is an existing python function.  Only 'bool("")' returns False.  Write your own 'type' function if you want to test for specific strings.  It's too language-specific to add as a general purpose function.
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