From 3209c46b51e43a41d0ef48beb1b65eb447bccdd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Dadgar <alex.dadgar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:25:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Accept string or bool

---
 jobspec/parse.go | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jobspec/parse.go b/jobspec/parse.go
index 58dbd6c9c..a8edb26c5 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse.go
@@ -318,9 +318,17 @@ func parseConstraints(result *[]*structs.Constraint, list *ast.ObjectList) error
 		}
 
 		if value, ok := m[structs.ConstraintDistinctHosts]; ok {
-			enabled, err := strconv.ParseBool(value.(string))
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			var enabled bool
+			var err error
+			switch value.(type) {
+			case string:
+				if enabled, err = strconv.ParseBool(value.(string)); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			case bool:
+				enabled = value.(bool)
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("distinct_hosts should be set to true or false; got %v", value)
 			}
 
 			// If it is not enabled, skip the constraint.

From 3ef9602c694237d2568ec0b413668aac594f9c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Dadgar <alex.dadgar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:33:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Extract bool conversion to method

---
 jobspec/parse.go | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jobspec/parse.go b/jobspec/parse.go
index a8edb26c5..716ff9611 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse.go
@@ -318,17 +318,9 @@ func parseConstraints(result *[]*structs.Constraint, list *ast.ObjectList) error
 		}
 
 		if value, ok := m[structs.ConstraintDistinctHosts]; ok {
-			var enabled bool
-			var err error
-			switch value.(type) {
-			case string:
-				if enabled, err = strconv.ParseBool(value.(string)); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			case bool:
-				enabled = value.(bool)
-			default:
-				return fmt.Errorf("distinct_hosts should be set to true or false; got %v", value)
+			enabled, err := parseBool(value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("distinct_hosts should be set to true or false; %v", err)
 			}
 
 			// If it is not enabled, skip the constraint.
@@ -354,6 +346,23 @@ func parseConstraints(result *[]*structs.Constraint, list *ast.ObjectList) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+// parseBool takes an interface value and tries to convert it to a boolean and
+// returns an error if the type can't be converted.
+func parseBool(value interface{}) (bool, error) {
+	var enabled bool
+	var err error
+	switch value.(type) {
+	case string:
+		enabled, err = strconv.ParseBool(value.(string))
+	case bool:
+		enabled = value.(bool)
+	default:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%v couldn't be converted to boolean value", value)
+	}
+
+	return enabled, err
+}
+
 func parseTasks(jobName string, taskGroupName string, result *[]*structs.Task, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 	list = list.Children()
 	if len(list.Items) == 0 {