Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 4)

[Jeff Garzik]

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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