def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def _explicitfiles(kindpats):
    """Returns the potential explicit filenames from the patterns.

    >>> _explicitfiles([(b'path', b'foo/bar', b'')])
    ['foo/bar']
    >>> _explicitfiles([(b'rootfilesin', b'foo/bar', b'')])
    []
    """
    # Keep only the pattern kinds where one can specify filenames (vs only
    # directory names).
    filable = [kp for kp in kindpats if kp[0] not in ("rootfilesin",)]
    return _roots(filable)