Merge pull request #218 from fixstars/fix/param-type-check

type check for bool on param

python/ionpy/Param.py

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ def __init__(self,
     ):
         if obj_ is None:
             obj_ = c_ion_param_t()
-
-            ret = ion_param_create(ctypes.byref(obj_), key.encode(), str(val).lower().encode())
+            if isinstance(val, bool):
+                if val:
+                    val = "true"
+                else:
+                    val = "false"
+            ret = ion_param_create(ctypes.byref(obj_), key.encode(), str(val).encode())
             if ret != 0:
                 raise Exception('Invalid operation')
 

python/test/test_param.py

@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
 
 
 def test_param():
-    p = Param(key='iamkey', val='iamval')
-    print(p)
+    p1 = Param(key='iamkey1', val="IAMKEY")  # 'IAMKEY'
+    p2 = Param(key='iamkey2', val="iamkey")  # 'iamkey'
+    p3 = Param(key='iamkey3', val=1)  # '1'
+    p4 = Param(key='iamkey4', val=0.1)  # '0.1'
+    p5 = Param(key='iamkey5', val=True)   # 'true'
+    p6 = Param(key='iamkey6', val=False)  # 'false'