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Re: ObjC BOOL and boolean c expressions



--- John Stiles <email@hidden> wrote:

> I *think* that the C spec doesn't specify the result
> of a boolean  
> expression other than "zero means false, nonzero
> means true." So from  
> a "compliance with the spec" standpoint, the first
> version might  
> return different results from the second version.

I don't know about earlier versions, but the C99 spec
guarantees that they will return 1 if true and 0 if
not. The logic for determining whether something is
true or false still boils down to "zero means false,
nonzero means true," obviously, but the operators
themselves can only return 1 or 0.

Cheers,
Chuck


       
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