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Re: Definition of 'bool'
Matt Jerdonek <MJerdonek@hypercom.com> writes:
> 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?
You cannot share "bool" between C and C++. C does not define a "bool"
type so there is no possible translation. This is why we have defined
"cyg_bool", which should be sharable between languages and is defined
to be an "int".
Note C99 defines "_Bool" and <stdbool.h> defined "bool" to equal
"_Bool". This was standardized well after eCos was written, and found
its way into compilers even later. There is still no requirement for C
and C++ to represent their versions of bool similarly. The only
sensible approach is to pass boolean values via a type that has a
shared representation.
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