Function evaluate_condition

src/specify_cli/workflows/expressions.py:483–498

Evaluate a condition expression and return a boolean. Convenience wrapper around ``evaluate_expression`` that coerces the result to bool.

(condition: str, context: Any)

def evaluate_condition(condition: str, context: Any) -> bool:
    """Evaluate a condition expression and return a boolean.

    Convenience wrapper around ``evaluate_expression`` that coerces
    the result to bool.
    """
    result = evaluate_expression(condition, context)
    # Treat plain "false"/"true" strings as booleans so that
    # condition: "false" (without {{ }}) behaves as expected.
    if isinstance(result, str):
        lower = result.lower()
        if lower == "false":
            return False
        if lower == "true":
            return True
    return bool(result)