if os.getenv("this_variable", "false").lower() == "true":   # or maybe "in true, yes, on, 1" if you want to be weird like yaml
  this_variable = True
else:
  this_variable = False

Except maybe a little more elegant and not typed on my phone.

But if the instructions are telling the user to edit the settings directly, like where I wrote this_variable=True, they'd need to case it correctly there.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fyi, using a condition to assign a boolean is equivalent to assigning the condition itself. No need for the IF.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 day ago

true, though sometimes i find the more verbose style easier to read, and more maintainable (eg: you want to do something else in the block, you can just add a line instead of changing your ternary / etc). Small things