On 2017-08-27 06:22, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote:
On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 2:37 AM, <nore...@z505.com> wrote:
Why borland chose the bool to not be 100 percent compatible, and
only 50 percent compatible?
Bool in delphi:
true = -1
Bool in C:
true = ($FFFFFFFF) 1
Why not just make it exactly compatible, there must be some
underlying (possibly obnoxious) reason for this mess.
They are compatible, if you declare like this:
true = (not false);
Depends, AFAIK, if the C library checks for an exact value of 1
somewhere, when Delphi/FPC sends in a -1, this could cause problems, but
I haven't thought about it enough.
I just don't see why both languages could not just agree to use "1",
they must have had some reason, strange or not.
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