[AlexXuz]

Problem

Wrapping a boolean-looking string can change its value:

from tabulate import tabulate

print(tabulate([["False"]], tablefmt="plain", maxcolwidths=10))
# Current: True
# Expected: False

The wrapping helper infers bool and calls bool("False"), which is true. Header wrapping has the same problem. Preserve boolean-looking text before wrapping rather than reconstructing it with bool().

This revisits the preservation behavior addressed in #362 and #305. It does not change global type inference, numeric parsing, missing-value handling, or the existing numeric bypass for actual booleans. It is independent of #485 and based directly on master.

Validation

On Python 3.12 and 3.13.5 with NumPy, pandas and wcwidth installed:

• New regression/control matrix: 12 failed and 24 passed against the unchanged base; all 36 pass after the fix.
• Full suite, including module and README doctests: 418 passed, 1 skipped on each Python version.
• Independent agent review: 418 passed, 1 skipped; focused wrapping tests: 55 passed.
• Repository-pinned Ruff 0.15.4 lint and formatting checks and git diff --check pass.

Cases cover literal True/False, actual booleans, cell/header wrapping, widths 3/5/10, and default/disabled numeric parsing. Other Python versions were not tested locally; upstream CI is not yet run.

Prepared with OpenAI Codex assistance.