It is (was) common to use * for a three-value boolean where undefined means "not-specified, check somewhere else"
On 3/11/14 3:08 AM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: >Hi, > >> I would say to use a proper data type. Would like to think we didn't >>blindly use * for things just for the sake of convenience. >That was my very first though but it's part of a public API so we can't >easily change that. > >Thanks, >Justin