Re: [patch 1/1] consolidate TRUE and FALSE

Al Viro
2006-03-16T18:50:12Z

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:12:20AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:00:47 +0000 Al Viro wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:41:12PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > I assume that when you are not used to see 'bool', 'true' and 'false'
> > > then they hurt the eye, but when used to it it looks natural.
> >
> > Five words: kernel is written in C.
> >
> > Not in Pascal. Not in C++. Not in Algol. "When used to (something
> > non-idiomatic in C) it becomes natural" is not a valid argument.
>
> C (C99) now includes booleans. Are we stuck pre-C99?

TRUE and FALSE are not those. Your point is...?