Cryptic C

[FryPC]

> Instead of using #defines for the boolean values, I
> would rather see enumerated data types used.  In general,
> C programmers seem to prefer #defines to defining a data
> type that can be checked during compilation.

>	 typedef enum { False , True } Boolean;

I have seen programs written with this style of declaration, they also
had lines such as:

	bool = (x<y) ? True : False;

	if( bool == True ) ...

		  which the enumerated type requires. I prefer defines
and
	bool = x<y; 	if( bool ) ...
	       to keep my programs both readable and correct.

(The enumerated type will also take more space (an int).)

Peter Fry
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