def str2bool(string_, default='raise'):
    """
    Convert a string to a bool.

    Parameters
    ----------
    string_ : str
    default : {'raise', False}
        Default behaviour if none of the "true" strings is detected.

    Returns
    -------
    boolean : bool

    Examples
    --------
    >>> str2bool('True')
    True
    >>> str2bool('1')
    True
    >>> str2bool('0')
    False
    """
    true = ['true', 't', '1', 'y', 'yes', 'enabled', 'enable', 'on']
    false = ['false', 'f', '0', 'n', 'no', 'disabled', 'disable', 'off']
    if string_.lower() in true:
        return True
    elif string_.lower() in false or (not default):
        return False
    else:
        raise ValueError('The value \'{}\' cannot be mapped to boolean.'
                         .format(string_))