Bools reloaded

[Bruno Medeiros]

Ivan Senji wrote:
> xs0 wrote:
>> Even though I don't mind typing something as simple as
>>
>> if (a!=null)
>>
>> the verbosity of longer expressions really annoys the heck out of me. 
>> Now, I prefer
>>
>>  > if (a && b && c && d) // check for nulls
> 
> But what is going on behind the scene if a,b,c,d are ints or ponters,
> conversions to bools? I still don't get it how logic && operator can be 
> aplied to integers. What is 5 && 3? (Except two numbers: 5,3.) It has no 
> value regarding truth. It is neither true nor false.
> 
> 

With the behavior implicit conversion from int to bool, "5 && 3" becomes 
"true && true".



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Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
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