Parse boolean values

[nushell]

Parse boolean values

[COLAMAroro]

Using $true and $false doesn't seems that bad, considering the use of $it when piping and the inspiration from PowerShell

[wycats]

PowerShell makes this work by reserving $true and $false. Earlier on, I was thinking $yes and $no. I'm open to other options.

[rrichardson]

are there any characters/symbols already reserved in nushell? I am disinclined to use $ because it might be misleading to newcomers from bash|zsh|csh|etc
I kind of like :true :false but am not set on it

[alexxbb]

What if we distinct a comparison with literals versus logical operation on values? i.e:
ls | where type is File - literal
ls | where size > 10kb - logical
read something | where yanked != true - logical

[olamiko]

I will like to handle this but which mode should I work with? $true or :true?

[rrichardson]

@olamiko - I think this feature was just released.

[thegedge]

Yep, @jonathandturner added $true and $false:

❯ ls --full | where readonly
❯ ls --full | where readonly == $false

There's currently no shorthand for boolean negation, so this doesn't work:

❯ ls --full | where !readonly