# created with nbconvert, minimally cleaned up


def parse_bool(value):
    if isinstance(value, bool):
        return value
    if value.lower() in ("true", "t", "yes", "y", "1"):
        return True
    elif value.lower() in ("false", "f", "no", "n", "0"):
        return False
    else:
        raise ValueError(f"Cannot parse '{value}' as boolean")