On Saturday, 27 April 2013 at 19:51:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 4/26/2013 7:36 PM, Mehrdad wrote:
Walter, you're completely missing the point.
I completely understand it is a perception problem. Some people
see bool as a 1 bit integer (including me). Some see bool as
something very distinct from integers (including you).
The problem is 'bool' has *NOTHING* in common with integers!
- Can't use + - * / << >> on bool's
- (bool)2 == (bool)1 (do you SERIOUSLY think this is
integer-like?)
- sizeof(int64) == 8 * sizeof(int8)
- sizeof(int8 ) != 8 * sizeof(bool)
There is literally _NOTHING_ about bool that's integer-like, and
for some reason you still think bool is an integer.
And you still wonder why people find D frustrating?
An analogous issue comes up here now and then about 'char' and
characters.
That was a C++ mistake, I hope you're not trying to repeat it.
Heck, even in C++, you can make sense out of it if you stick with
the convention:
- "char" == character
- "unsigned char" == ubyte
- "signed char" == sbyte
