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Subject: Re: bool versus BOOL in C++

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 23:57:52 09/26/03

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On September 27, 2003 at 00:03:31, Johan de Koning wrote:

>On September 26, 2003 at 06:50:59, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>in C++ we have the boolean type "bool" with the value range true/false.
>>I'm not sure about ANSI-C.
>
>The only valid bool would be a strictly 1-bit strictly logical piece of data.
>Hence there is no use for bool in C until sizeof(bool) returns 0.125.

That's actually true for arrays of "bool", e.g. fixed sized 64 ones, called
bitboards ;-)

>
>So my advice is to please yourself and your colleages by disputing what's north
>of the north pole, or what's older then the big bang, or which programming
>languages produce correct boolshit code and aren't used for some reason.
>
>Life can be simple. :-)

hehe, yes. But it not that simple in a project (C++ Qt-windows/linux clients
/Java AppServer), where ten or a few more developers with different skill are
working on...

Gerd
>
>... Johan



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