[Bug 226314] New: Impossibility of KConfigGroup::readEntry to evaluate to false in boolean context

[Holger Müller]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226314

           Summary: Impossibility of KConfigGroup::readEntry to evaluate
                    to false in boolean context
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: holger.mueller at dass-it.de


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.5)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    openSUSE RPMs

It seems that is is impossible to get a false value
if KConfigGroup::readEntry is called in boolean context and
shell expansion is used.

I've set $foo to "false" in environment and set NoDisplay[$e]=$foo
in a test Desktopfile

    const KConfigGroup group = kdf.group("Desktop Entry");

    qDebug() << "readEntry ( \"NoDisplay\", true ): " <<
            group.readEntry("NoDisplay", true);
    qDebug() << "readEntry ( \"NoDisplay\", false ): " <<
            group.readEntry("NoDisplay", false);
    qDebug() << "readEntry ( \"NoDisplay\", \"false\" ): " <<
            group.readEntry("NoDisplay", "false");

readEntry ( "NoDisplay", true ):  true
readEntry ( "NoDisplay", false ):  true
readEntry ( "NoDisplay", "false" ):  "false"

So it seems impossible to use the expand feature for boolean values.
I consider this as a bug.

See also bug entry 225255

Regards Holger

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