Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE

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Le 18/3/2006, "Jan Engelhardt" <[email protected]> a écrit:

>>
>>Isn't there a runtime cost converting all "non-false" values to a unique "true" (i.e. converting non-zero values to one) ?
>>
>
>Somewhat. The answer is "yes, but depends on usage". If you just
>write
>
>	_Bool x = filthy_action();
>	if(x)
>
>Then the compiler is smart enough to optimize 'x' away if it is not used
>somewhere else, therefore we do not pay a price for converting the return
>type of filthy_action (=int) to a _Bool.

Actually I find this behavior very good

     Xavier

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