Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:36:17 +0200 | | From | ricknu-0@student ... | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 4) |
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Citerar Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>:
> > >Hopefully it is now ready for a "real" patch, whom adds bool to all > >arches. If there is no comments on this one, it will be sent about > >tomorrow night (GMT). > > --- a/drivers/block/DAC960.h > +++ b/drivers/block/DAC960.h > @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ #define DAC690_V2_PciDmaMask 0xfffffffff > Define a Boolean data type. > */ > > -typedef enum { false, true } __attribute__ ((packed)) boolean; > +typedef bool boolean; > > > /* > > Looks good. (I know found out what this is good for. Eventually, all > booleans > in the source of DAC960 et al. should be changed to just 'bool' but that's > another patch's job.)
Yepp :)
> Looks good, except for the "all arches" thing. You only seem to add it > to i386:
I said: 'ready for a "real" patch', meaning it will be in another patch. Will try to be more clear in the future.
> >+#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.
> Jan Engelhardt
/Richard Knutsson
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