Is 2 neither true, nor false? 3? 4? If false is zero, Then true is not false.
Also C doesn't have a boolean type per se. Iirc it was introduced in some version of c++ standard. In C it's very strange to see code like that: If (b==1) It's always If (b) Or If (!b) On Sunday, August 27, 2017, <nore...@z505.com> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
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