def getbool(self, key, **kwargs):
        """
        Gets the setting value as a :func:`bool` by cleverly recognizing true values.

        :rtype: bool
        """

        def _string_to_bool(s):
            if isinstance(s, str):
                if s.strip().lower() in ('true', 't', '1'): return True
                elif s.strip().lower() in ('false', 'f', '0', 'None', 'null', ''): return False

                raise ValueError('Unable to get boolean value of "{}".'.format(s))
            #end if

            return bool(s)
        #end def

        return self.get(key, cast_func=_string_to_bool, **kwargs)