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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2025 ModelCloud.ai
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2025 qubitium@modelcloud.ai
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Contact: qubitium@modelcloud.ai, x.com/qubitium
+
+"""Environment variable helpers used across GPTQModel."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+_TRUTHY = {"1", "true", "yes", "on", "y"}
+
+
+def env_flag(name: str, default: str | None = "0") -> bool:
+    """Return ``True`` when an env var is set to a truthy value."""
+
+    value = os.getenv(name, default)
+    if value is None:
+        return False
+    return value.strip().lower() in _TRUTHY
+
+
+__all__ = ["env_flag"]