From:	"Rafael García" <rafael AT geninfor DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	BOOL as char/int
Date:	Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:03:07 +0200
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Look at this:

#include <stdio.h>

typedef char /*int*/ BOOL;
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0

main() {
   BOOL flag=(BOOL)isupper('E');
   puts(flag?"*TRUE*":"*FALSE*");
   return 0;
   }

It fails with BOOL as char, but works as int
Can someone explain this reasonably?
It works well with Borland
I have been using this typedef for years and it seems standard, robust,
good, pretty, simple, near-machine, fast, compact...
It seems gods of chaos are conquering the world of computing

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