On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:00:47PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:41:12PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > I assume that when you are not used to see 'bool', 'true' and 'false'
> > then they hurt the eye, but when used to it it looks natural.
>
> Five words: kernel is written in C.
Yep - and bool, true and false are part of 'C' - C99.
>
> Not in Pascal. Not in C++. Not in Algol. "When used to (something
> non-idiomatic in C) it becomes natural" is not a valid argument.
The translation of idiomatic in my dictionary makes bool, true, false
far more idiomatic in the C than NULL.
But history has thaugth us to accept NULL with screaming UPPERCASE
where a null would be idiomatic C.
Sam
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