From 250498af9c904dd7ba4f72d403a3100f9b46dfbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Diener <mdiener@illinois.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:12:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] DEBUG_ENABLED: use strtobool

---
 pytato/__init__.py | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pytato/__init__.py b/pytato/__init__.py
index 0c6d27499..56254b928 100644
--- a/pytato/__init__.py
+++ b/pytato/__init__.py
@@ -28,19 +28,15 @@
 """
 
 # {{{ debug control
+
 import os
 
 from numpy import dtype
 
+from pytools import strtobool
 
-try:
-    v = os.environ.get("PYTATO_DEBUG")
-    if v is None:
-        v = ""
 
-    DEBUG_ENABLED = bool(eval(v))
-except Exception:
-    DEBUG_ENABLED = False
+DEBUG_ENABLED = strtobool(os.environ.get("PYTATO_DEBUG", "no"))
 
 
 def set_debug_enabled(flag: bool) -> None: