Use configparser's getboolean() instead of strtobool()

doc/source/getting_started.rst

@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ output file must be given. The keys of this section will be used as the names of
 observables in the :ref:`jackknife output file <Output>`.
 
 .. note::
-   See the documentation of `distutils.util.strtobool()`_ for the possible values of
-   boolean keys in the jackknife config file.
+   See the documentation of `configparser.ConfigParser.getboolean()`_ for the possible
+   values of boolean keys in the jackknife config file.
 
-.. _distutils.util.strtobool():
-   https://docs.python.org/3.8/distutils/apiref.html#distutils.util.strtobool
+.. _configparser.ConfigParser.getboolean():
+   https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#configparser.ConfigParser.getboolean
 
 Run
 ===

main.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import numpy as np
 import sys
 import h5py
 import configparser
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 
 
 def main():
@@ -54,15 +53,18 @@ def main():
                "adga_config_file": None,
                "two_particle_file": None,
                "output_file_prefix": "jackknife",
-               "store_output_samples": "no"}
+               "store_output_samples": False}
 
     # Read config file and check if obligatory keys are missing
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read(config_file_name)
     for key in config["General"]:
-        if key in general:
-            general[key] = config["General"][key]
-        else:
+        try:
+            if isinstance(general[key], bool):
+                general[key] = config["General"].getboolean(key)
+            else:
+                general[key] = config["General"][key]
+        except KeyError:
             print("Warning: unsupported key \"{}\" found in".format(key)
                   + " config file will be ignored.")
     for key in general:
@@ -90,8 +92,8 @@ def main():
 
     # Do the Jackknife estimation
     jackknife = jk.Jackknife(x_generator, n, f, -1,
-                             general["output_file_prefix"],
-                             strtobool(general["store_output_samples"]))
+                          general["output_file_prefix"],
+                          general.getboolean("store_output_samples"))
     jackknife.do_estimation()
     jackknife.write_results_to_file()
 
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ def main():
                           np.string_(general["two_particle_file"]))
             config.create("n_processes", n_processes)
             config.create("store_output_samples",
-                          bool(strtobool(general["store_output_samples"])))
+                          general.getboolean("store_output_samples"))
     except:
         print("""-- Something went wrong when adding metadata to the output
               file.""")