Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:52:33 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE |
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:00:47PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:41:12PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > I assume that when you are not used to see 'bool', 'true' and 'false' > > then they hurt the eye, but when used to it it looks natural. > > Five words: kernel is written in C. Yep - and bool, true and false are part of 'C' - C99. > > Not in Pascal. Not in C++. Not in Algol. "When used to (something > non-idiomatic in C) it becomes natural" is not a valid argument. The translation of idiomatic in my dictionary makes bool, true, false far more idiomatic in the C than NULL. But history has thaugth us to accept NULL with screaming UPPERCASE where a null would be idiomatic C.
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