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Re: gcc's <stdbool.h> is broken
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 01:09:35PM +0000, Jason Merrill wrote:
> >>>>> "Zack" == Zack Weinberg <zackw@Stanford.EDU> writes:
>
> >> > However, with these definitions, true and false do not work in #if
> >> > expressions in C++ even after including stdbool.h. It is desirable
> >> > that they do work, for maximum compatibility between C99 and C++, and
> >> > there's no reason why they shouldn't be known to the C++ preprocessor
> >> > at all times.
> >>
> >> OK. Is it known that the C++ people intend them to work in CPP
> >> expressions in the future? I'm just a bit wary of yet another
> >> extension, particularly in this area, since they are quite different
> >> and ...
>
> > I don't know, but hopefully the C++ folks will.
>
> The C++ committee has so far mostly avoided discussion of incorporating C99
> extensions. Your approach makes sense to me.
Do you think I should apply the patch, then?
zw