Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:28:08 +0400 (MSD)
From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
Message-Id: <199606140828.MAA05211@video.yars.free.net>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Subject: Re: How are bool's allocated?

> From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
> Reply to message 4458557    from CALVID AT GOYA DOT I on 06/13/96 10:20AM
> >In DJGPP, how is memory allocated for bool variables?  Is just
> >1 bit allocated, or a whole byte?  If you do sizeof(bool), it
> >returns 1, but maybe that's just a limitation of sizeof().
> >I'm planning on using a large number of bool's in a structure,
> >and I was wondering if it would be more efficient to declare
> >them all as bool's, or to use unsigned characters and use
> >bitwise ops to access each bit that way.  Thanks for the info.
> 
> There is no bool type in DJGPP.  It is non-ANSI, leaving it up to

It *is* ANSI, but ANSI C++. In Gnu C, there is no bool, but it is in Gnu C++.
Its size depends on platform, but it can't be smaller than char, IMO.