Re: [PATCH 1/2] include/linux: Defining bool, false and true

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > > There is no enum involved.
>
> > > There should be.  It makes more information available to the C 
> > > compiler, and it makes useful symbols available to the debugger.
>
> > _Bool is a native C type; it has all the information the C compiler 
> > needs.
>
> "#define true 1" however does not.

I guess that's fair, although when you put it into a type _Bool they're 
going to devolve to pure constants.

	-hpa
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