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In article <601 at vsi.UUCP> friedl at vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes:
>Techinically, shouldn't TRUE be `1U' if it goes into a bitfield?
>I'm not sure but would like to hear some thoughts on this...

TRUE should have the same type and value as the constant expression (0 == 0).
Similarly, FALSE should have the same type and value as the constant
expression (0 != 0).  This principle holds for any language.  In the case
of C, TRUE and FALSE are signed 1 and signed 0, resp.