Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 6)

Nicholas wrote:
> If _Bool does end up in the user-kernel ABI

I'd be inclined to not put a _Bool in that ABI.
I'd stick with the scalar ints and such we have now.

The benefits of compile type checking are weaker
across that ABI, and the demands of compatibility
much higher than they are for kernel internals.

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