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    SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 4)
    >> > +#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.

    Do you mean preprocessor? C already knows about true from the enum.

    > (b) handles all '#ifndef true' statements properly

    Holy *, is there _really_ code in linux/ that depends on true being
    [not] defined?


    Jan Engelhardt
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