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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] include/linux: Defining bool, false and true
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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.

	Jeff



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