"""Helpers for treating sample config values as missing runtime configuration.""" import re _MASKED_SEQUENCE_RE = re.compile(r"(x{6,}|\*{4,})", re.IGNORECASE) def normalize_optional_config( value: str | None, placeholder_markers: tuple[str, ...] = (), ) -> str: """Return a stripped config value, or blank when it still looks like a sample.""" normalized = str(value or "").strip() if not normalized: return "" lowered = normalized.lower() if any(marker.lower() in lowered for marker in placeholder_markers if marker): return "" if _MASKED_SEQUENCE_RE.search(normalized): return "" return normalized def has_real_config( value: str | None, placeholder_markers: tuple[str, ...] = (), ) -> bool: """Return True when the value is present and not an obvious placeholder.""" return bool(normalize_optional_config(value, placeholder_markers))