Re: [PATCH 1/2] include/linux: Defining bool, false and true

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote:
> Citerar "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>:
>
> > ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote:
> > > This patch defines:
> > > * a generic boolean-type, named "bool"
> > > * aliases to 0 and 1, named "false" and "true"
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>
> > Shouldn't this simply use _Bool?
>
> Well, it is (now) just a typedef of it. :)
>
> But I find it better, both because it is more similar to the common types:
> short, lowlettered words. But also because most editors with highlightning
> recognize "bool", but not "_Bool", as a type (as I found it).

<stdbool.h> should include:

typedef _Bool bool;
#define true  1
#define false 0

There is no enum involved.

	-hpa
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