Version 0.8.9

[rsgalloway]

Version 0.8.9 RC

• addresses issue TypeError on inherited int values #62
• safe eval values when resolving environments
• additional tests for issue some included values are clobbered #58 and issue TypeError on inherited int values #62
• minor updates to docstrings
• bumps version to 0.8.9

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR updates versioning from 0.8.8 to 0.8.9 while addressing issue #62 and enhancing tests for environment variable inheritance. Key changes include updates to test cases in tests/test_env.py to cover new inheritance scenarios, modifications to environment variable dictionaries, and a version bump in lib/envstack/init.py.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
tests/test_env.py	Updated tests to validate additional environment vars and ensure inheritance across levels.
lib/envstack/util.py	Changed variable substitution to cast the result to a string.
lib/envstack/init.py	Bumped version number from 0.8.8 to 0.8.9.

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR bumps the version to 0.8.9 while expanding test coverage to address issues #58 and #62 related to inherited environment variables, and it slightly refactors variable substitution and environment initialization.

• Updated tests in tests/test_env.py to validate the new inheritance behaviors and modifiers.
• Modified util.py and env.py to ensure that environment values are converted to strings and resolved via safe_eval.
• Bumped the package version in lib/envstack/init.py.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
tests/test_env.py	Expanded tests for issues #58 and #62 with new inheritance modifiers and cleanup.
lib/envstack/util.py	Enforced string conversion in variable substitution and added type conversion for expressions.
lib/envstack/env.py	Updated environment initialization and resolution using safe_eval.
lib/envstack/init.py	Version bump to 0.8.9.

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lib/envstack/util.py:405

• Converting the value to a string may alter the behavior for non-string inputs; please verify that all consumers of substitute_variable expect string outputs or update the documentation accordingly.

return str(value)