Is there any downside to using
typedef char bool;
enum boolean { false, true };
in C to provide a semantic boolean type?
Is there any downside to using typedef char bool; enum boolean { false, true
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Is there any downside to using
typedef char bool;
enum boolean { false, true };
in C to provide a semantic boolean type?
In C99, you should be using
stdbool.h, which definesbool,true, andfalse.Otherwise what you have is fine. Using just the enum may be a bit simpler, but if you really want to save space what you have works.