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From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: bool
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 19:40:04 -0700
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A.Appleyard wrote:

> (1) `new ... standard' hereinabove seems to say that the ANSI C++ standard is
> still being altered; please what is the email address of the people in charge
> of it?

Hardly; the change is official.  From _The design and evolution of C++_
(Stroustrup), section 11.7.2:

    Somewhat to my surprise, the ANSI/ISO accepted this argument so `bool' is 
    now a distinct integral type in C++ with literals `true' and  `false'.  
    Non-zero values can be implicitly converted to `true', and `true' can 
    implicitly be converted to 1.  Zero can be implicitly converted to `false', 
    and `false' can be implicitly converted to 0.  This ensures a high degree 
    of compatibility.

My understanding is that DJGPP mimicks this arrangement with

    typedef enum { false, true } bool;

but it is worth noting that this is not in compliance with the current draft
standard.

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