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returns "true", "false" as string instead of boolean

See original GitHub issue

Since true and false are expected to be boolean values, negating and/or testing explicitly failes.

XML <a show="false"/>

to JSON

{
  "a": {
    "_attributes": {
      "show": "false"
    }
  }
}

Testing

if (!a._attributes.show) // this is will not end well

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

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winniehellcommented, Jul 3, 2018

@nashwaan Thank you very much! ❤️ Especially for the fast response time.

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nashwaancommented, Jul 3, 2018

@winniehell thanks for your contribution. nativeTypeAttributes is now published in v1.6.5.

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