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DateSun, 23 Jul 2006 16:26:20 -0400
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 4)
ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote:
>>> +#undef false
>>> +#undef true
>>> +
>>> +enum {
>>> +	false	= 0,
>>> +	true	= 1
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +#define false false
>>> +#define true true 
>> Can someone please tell me what advantage 'define true true' is going to
>> bring, besides than being able to '#ifdef true'?
> 
> Assembly-code can not use enum but #define. That is the reason I find but there
> might be more.


That won't work -- the #define just makes the enum available, which 
doesn't work at the assembler level.

But assembly code doesn't use this stuff, so no worries.

	Jeff


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