1 matches bool, 2 matches long

Timon Gehr timon.gehr at gmx.ch
Sun Apr 28 15:25:43 PDT 2013


On 04/28/2013 11:51 PM, Mehrdad wrote:
> On Sunday, 28 April 2013 at 21:29:06 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> On 04/28/2013 10:54 PM, Mehrdad wrote:
>>> - std::vector<bool>
>>
>> The issues surrounding vector<bool> are entirely unrelated.
>
>
> Huh? It's entirely related.
> The fact that sizeof(bool) * 8 != sizeof(byte) is what causes problems
> in vector<bool>

Exactly. This is not the problem here.

> (can't treat them like other types, which we can address
> directly), and it's also one of the asymmetries bool has with integers
> in D (and any other language).
>
> Different situation, same cause: bool doesn't behave like an integer.
>

The issue discussed here is that some think it behaves too much like an 
integer.

>
>>> Isn't that self-contradictory?
>
>> He is saying bool is an integral type in D. (i.e. it can be promoted to
> 'int' in order to support integer arithmetic.)
>
> I thought we just established that boolean logic isn't integer logic?

Please make sure your statements make sense.



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