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Subject: Re: Boolean Operators Slighted in C
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Date: Thu, 22-May-86 10:27:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 22 10:27:00 1986
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!aglew    May 22 09:27:00 1986


~> Boolean data type in C

I say `typedef unsigned char bool'...

Instead of using macros like lxor, I do
#define boolval(bv) ((bv)!=0)
so I can get away with saying boolval(XXX) ^ boolval(YYY) and the like.
Doesn't help with waning to be able to do BBBBB &&= CCCCC;

"Equal rights for Booleans!" has been my cry for a while - but I meant it
with respect to computer architectures, not C. After all, C can't be expected
to be better than present day architectures - C is just structured assembly
language. :-). On second though, :-(.

Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana.    USEnet:  ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew
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