Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 05:10:48 +0100 (MET)
From: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: BOOL crap :)
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, pjotr wrote:

> I recently installed DJGPP along with RHIDE. My problem is, I want to
> use the BOOl type variable in my C programs, but for some reason the
> compiler does not understand it, eventhough RHIDE acknowledges "bool"
> as a valid keyword (e.g. it turns white on screen).
> 
> I tried creating my own BOOL variable type by writing my own header
> file "types.h":
> 
> 
> #ifndef TYPES_H
> #define TYPES_H
> 
> enum BOOL
> {
>     FALSE = 0,
>     TRUE = 1;
> };
> 
> #endif /* TYPES_H */
> 
> 
> But even after this the compiler insists it does not know the BOOL
> type... Any sugestions?

Defining it your way, you must say "enum BOOL var;". Try:

typedef enum BOOL {
        FALSE = 0,
        TRUE
      } BOOL;