TRUE and FALSE
John C. Lusth
jcl at bdrc.bd.com
Sat Sep 8 01:26:59 AEST 1990
Rahul Dhesi writes:
<When I find somebody who really, really, really wants to define TRUE
<and FALSE, even somebody who uses them for assignment only, I recommend
<the following defines instead:
<
< #define ZERO 0
< #define ONE 1
<
<These are so much more clear than TRUE and FALSE, and if you use
<them in a test, you know exactly what you're testing!
Concerning the various disparaging remarks about the stupidity
of the above defines:
Jeez, guys, don't you know sarcasm when you see it? Defining
TRUE and FALSE in C is just about as stupid as defining ZERO and ONE.
john
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John C. Lusth, Becton Dickinson Research Center, RTP, NC, jcl at bdrc.bd.com
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