Re: SGI's C++ compiler and the boolean type

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From: Scott Nelson
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:08

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Arthur Hagen wrote:
> 
> >
> > typedef int     bool;
> > #define true    1
> > #define false   0
> 
> And some argue that true should be -1, because then bitwise not works:
> 

We use the following.  It's safe on all platforms:

#define FALSE    0
#define TRUE   (!0)

Let the built-in ! operator determine what TRUE really is.

Scott Nelson

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Subject: Re: SGI's C++ compiler and the boolean type
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:08:00 -0700
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