Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:49:46 +0000 Al Viro wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:12:20AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:00:47 +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.
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > C (C99) now includes booleans.  Are we stuck pre-C99?
> 
> TRUE and FALSE are not those.  Your point is...?

Correct.  So it would be better if they were spelled 'true' and 'false',
as in the C99 spec?

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~Randy
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