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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: TRUE and FALSE (or true and false)
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Date: 30 Aug 90 23:40:12 GMT
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In article <708.26dd1bf9@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems) writes:
>Chris, I think adding this to the FAQ's is an excellent idea.  I like the way
>you said in your post that it's not settled whether int or enum is better for
>this. Only suggestion I'd make: you tell how _not_ to write the enum; why not
>also tell how to write it:
>
>	typedef enum {false, true} bool;

Item #47 in the FAQ already gives four ways to write it, and mentions some of
the tradeoff issues in choosing a type.  It could probably be amplified a bit,
though.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@kelp.ima.isc.com or ima!kelp!karl), The Walking Lint