Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:50:48 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: RFC: booleans and the kernel |
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Timothy Covell wrote:
> > > I thought that the whole point of booleans was to stop silly errors > > > like > > > > > > if ( x = 1 ) > > > { > > > printf ("\nX is true\n"); > > > } > > And how does s/1/true/ fix that? > > It doesn't fix "if ( x = true)". If would > just make it more legit to use "if (x)".
It's been legit and idiomatic since day 1, if not sooner.
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