Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:22:03 +0000 | From | Anton Altaparmakov <> | Subject | Re: RFC: booleans and the kernel |
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At 17:42 24/01/02, 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? > >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]. > >Actually I prefer 'bool' to '_Bool', if this becomes a kernel standard.
I would be in favour of this as it does make code more readable. I use it in ntfs tng quite a bit (but I just typedef a BOOL type myself).
If it is added, then _please_ don't use '_Bool', that's just sick... 'bool', heck even 'BOOL' would be better than that!
Best regards,
Anton
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