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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 4)
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> +#undef false
>> +#undef true
>> +
>> +enum {
>> + false = 0,
>> + true = 1
>> +};
>> +
>> +#define false false
>> +#define true true
>
> Can someone please tell me what advantage 'define true true' is going to
> bring, besides than being able to '#ifdef true'?

It

(a) makes type information available to the C compiler, where a plain
#define does not.
(b) handles all '#ifndef true' statements properly

Jeff


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