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

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To: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] include/linux: Defining bool, false and true
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:41:44 -0700
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Jeff Garzik wrote:

H. Peter Anvin wrote:

[email protected] wrote:

This patch defines:
* a generic boolean-type, named "bool"
* aliases to 0 and 1, named "false" and "true"

Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <[email protected]>


Shouldn't this simply use _Bool?

No sane person should use "_Bool" in real code. Unnecessary StudlyCapsand unnecessary underscore.


"bool" is far easier to type, and looks less weird.

That wasn't the point. The point was that bool should be a typedef to_Bool instead of an enum.


	-hpa
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