From bd5778fa248a65050a34f05a4e9a8fe403a74c12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JT <547158+jntrnr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 08:12:10 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] remove the boolean vars (#4879)

---
 .../tests/format_conversions/nuon.rs          |  2 +-
 crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs                | 22 +------------------
 src/tests/test_engine.rs                      | 10 ---------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/format_conversions/nuon.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/format_conversions/nuon.rs
index eaba7614f0..37dcce7a4c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/format_conversions/nuon.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/format_conversions/nuon.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ fn read_bool() {
     let actual = nu!(
         cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
         r#"
-            open sample.nuon | get 3 | $in == $true
+            open sample.nuon | get 3 | $in == true
         "#
     ));
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
index bcb3031f64..d63fb6f9c2 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -1590,27 +1590,7 @@ pub fn parse_variable_expr(
 ) -> (Expression, Option<ParseError>) {
     let contents = working_set.get_span_contents(span);
 
-    if contents == b"$true" {
-        return (
-            Expression {
-                expr: Expr::Bool(true),
-                span,
-                ty: Type::Bool,
-                custom_completion: None,
-            },
-            None,
-        );
-    } else if contents == b"$false" {
-        return (
-            Expression {
-                expr: Expr::Bool(false),
-                span,
-                ty: Type::Bool,
-                custom_completion: None,
-            },
-            None,
-        );
-    } else if contents == b"$nothing" {
+    if contents == b"$nothing" {
         return (
             Expression {
                 expr: Expr::Nothing,
diff --git a/src/tests/test_engine.rs b/src/tests/test_engine.rs
index db9ca46bd8..8834d8e33b 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_engine.rs
+++ b/src/tests/test_engine.rs
@@ -278,16 +278,6 @@ fn open_ended_range() -> TestResult {
     run_test(r#"1.. | first 100000 | length"#, "100000")
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn bool_variable() -> TestResult {
-    run_test(r#"$true"#, "true")
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn bool_variable2() -> TestResult {
-    run_test(r#"$false"#, "false")
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn default_value1() -> TestResult {
     run_test(r#"def foo [x = 3] { $x }; foo"#, "3")