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Posted in reply to Janice Caron | Janice Caron wrote:
> On 16/05/2008, BCS <ao@pathlink.com> wrote:
>>>> Bools are bytes, while ints are 4 bytes, so sometimes ints are
>>>> managed faster.
>>>>
>>> So why not just make bool a 4-byte value? Using an integer to
>>> represent a boolean operation is just silly.
>> Or pad them to 4 bytes where you can (local variable).
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> Honestly, I think I would be happy with a four-byte bool, in almost
> all circumstances.
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> For those rare cases where space is an issue, there could be a second
> type, bool8, implicitly castable to and from bool, but you wouldn't
> use that by default; you'd only use it in structs where you needed to
> pack stuff tight.
Instead of having a separate type, why not just use a (u)byte in those cases? That's gotta be rarer than the cases where you'd want to use an int for a bool, so while it's the same problem, the incidence of the problem is reduced while not adding yet another data type that may be unclear for new users
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Posted in reply to Robert Fraser | On 16/05/2008, Robert Fraser <fraserofthenight@gmail.com> wrote:
> Instead of having a separate type, why not just use a (u)byte in those
> cases? That's gotta be rarer than the cases where you'd want to use an int
> for a bool, so while it's the same problem, the incidence of the problem is
> reduced
Fair enough.
OK, let's just keep it simple. Let bools be int-sized, and let opEquals return bool.
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Posted in reply to Janice Caron | Janice Caron schrieb:
> OK, let's just keep it simple. Let bools be int-sized, and let
> opEquals return bool.
Hehe, changing the size of an existing integral type. That is going to be fun :)
However, i really think opEquals should be bool. int as return type is ugly and simply feels wrong.
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