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Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:41:44 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] include/linux: Defining bool, false and true
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote:
>>> This patch defines:
>>> * a generic boolean-type, named "bool"
>>> * aliases to 0 and 1, named "false" and "true"
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>
>>
>> Shouldn't this simply use _Bool?
> 
> No sane person should use "_Bool" in real code.  Unnecessary StudlyCaps 
> and unnecessary underscore.
> 
> "bool" is far easier to type, and looks less weird.
> 

That wasn't the point.  The point was that bool should be a typedef to 
_Bool instead of an enum.

	-hpa
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