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Re: Definition of 'bool'

From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
To: Matt Jerdonek <MJerdonek at hypercom dot com>
Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:28:17 -0600
Subject: Re: [ECOS] Definition of 'bool'
Organization: MLB Associates
References: <OF60829609.3A2CE625-ON07256F11.007EA576-07256F11.007F0CDA@hypercom.com>

On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 17:07, Matt Jerdonek wrote:
> 
> 
> We recently added some C++ code and encountered a problem with the definition of 'bool'.  In
> infra/include/cyg_type.h, bool is typedef'd as an int, while in C++ a bool is an 8-bit value.  This
> difference causes us problems as when sharing a boolean between C and C++ code because the variable
> is accessed differently.
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this problem and how they got around it.  Also, does it make
> sense to change the definition of bool in cyg_type.h to be an 8-bit value?

We've been around this bush before, but I don't recall the details.
Have you searched the archives to see if there are any relevant posts?

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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates


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