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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/util.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/util.py
index 238f12493..08b281684 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/util.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/util.py
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ def get_func_kwargs(func):
"""Return the full set of legal kwargs for the given `func`."""
return [vn for vn in func.func_code.co_varnames]
+def coerce_kw_type(kw, key, type_, flexi_bool=True):
+ """If 'key' is present in dict 'kw', coerce its value to type 'type_' if
+ necessary. If 'flexi_bool' is True, the string '0' is considered false
+ when coercing to boolean.
+ """
+ if key in kw and type(kw[key]) is not type_ and kw[key] is not None:
+ if type_ is bool and flexi_bool and kw[key] == '0':
+ kw[key] = False
+ else:
+ kw[key] = type_(kw[key])
+
class SimpleProperty(object):
"""A *default* property accessor."""