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Re: libbanshee also using a broken AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
> Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
>
>> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
>>
>>> Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Better, I think, to make libiberty.h unconditionally
>>>>
>>>> #define bool unsigned char
>>>> #define true 1
>>>> #define false 0
>>>
>>> Except that the use of bool, true, false should probably be avoided then.
>>> The standard says that the ability to redefine them is an obsolescent
>>> feature.
>>
>> The C standard says no such thing.
>
> Future library directions, 7.26.7.
It says "the ability to *undefine and then perhaps then redefine* the
macros" is an obsolescent feature. (emphasis mine) This obviously
only applies to code that includes <stdbool.h> in the first place.
zw