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On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote: > A small issue... > > C99 introduced _Bool as a builtin type. The gcc patch for it went into > cvs around Dec 2000. Any objections to propagating this type and usage > of 'true' and 'false' around the kernel? Ugh, no. C doesn't need booleans, neither do Perl or Python. This is a sickness imported from _recent_ C++ by way of Java by way of Pascal. This just complicates things. > Where variables are truly boolean use of a bool type makes the > intentions of the code more clear. And it also gives the compiler a > slightly better chance to optimize code [I suspect]. Unlikely. The compiler can already figure this sort of thing out from context. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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