In the page http://dlang.org/type.html I believe there is a typo stating that bool is 1 byte instead of 1 bit.

On Sunday, 6 April 2014 at 09:30:47 UTC, Gustavo wrote:
> In the page http://dlang.org/type.html I believe there is a typo stating that bool is 1 byte instead of 1 bit.

While a boolean is by definition a single bit, it is represented by programming languages as a byte for various reasons (including performance, data layout, and interfacing). You can verify that this is the case: http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/8129625be797

As far as I know, this is true for most, if not all, native programming languages. To actually store a value as a single bit, you will have to use bit manipulation.

On Sunday, 6 April 2014 at 09:30:47 UTC, Gustavo wrote:
> In the page http://dlang.org/type.html I believe there is a typo stating that bool is 1 byte instead of 1 bit.

I don't think it's a typo. Memory is typically byte-addressable and thus data types are either a byte or larger. Having a data type smaller than a byte means reading or writing to that variable will have to involve bit-twiddling operations which can make operations more expensive.

There are bitfields[1] and BitArrays[2] if you really need control of a data type on the bit level.

[1]: http://dlang.org/phobos/std_bitmanip.html#.bitfields
[2]: http://dlang.org/library/std/bitmanip/BitArray.html

On 4/6/14, Gustavo <gbuschle@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In the page http://dlang.org/type.html I believe there is a typo stating that bool is 1 byte instead of 1 bit.

static assert(byte.sizeof == 1);  // 1 *byte*

Am Mon, 7 Apr 2014 08:48:02 +0200
schrieb Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com>:

> On 4/6/14, Gustavo <gbuschle@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > In the page http://dlang.org/type.html I believe there is a typo stating that bool is 1 byte instead of 1 bit.
> 
> static assert(byte.sizeof == 1);  // 1 *byte*

static assert(bool.sizeof == 1);  // 1 *byte*

There I fixed it ;)

-- 
Marco

On 4/7/14, Marco Leise <Marco.Leise@gmx.de> wrote:
> static assert(bool.sizeof == 1);  // 1 *byte*
>
> There I fixed it ;)

LOL!