# HG changeset patch
# User souliane <souliane@mailoo.org>
# Date 1412590934 -7200
# Node ID 2e1b4e7c8eb8daecb69f25fc38e3eb8beaf43d38
# Parent  4da2e4d58bd003a2c98f2e8dd84ef6f94052836b
constants: split C.bool in C.bool and C.str so:
    - you can use them without caring about the input type
    - you always know the output type

diff -r 4da2e4d58bd0 -r 2e1b4e7c8eb8 src/core/constants.py
--- a/src/core/constants.py	Mon Oct 06 11:20:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/core/constants.py	Mon Oct 06 12:22:14 2014 +0200
@@ -202,7 +202,14 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def bool(cls, value):
-        """retour str text value for bool, or bool value for str"""
+        """@return: bool value for any type"""
+        if isinstance(value, str) or isinstance(value, unicode):  # dbus.String is unicode but not str
+            return value.lower() == cls.BOOL_TRUE
+        return bool(value)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def str(cls, value):
+        """@return: str text value for any type"""
         if isinstance(value, bool):
             return cls.BOOL_TRUE if value else cls.BOOL_FALSE
-        return value.lower() == cls.BOOL_TRUE
+        return str(value)