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* HACKING: Clarify "bool" vs. XDR/wire-format.

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Tue Jan 13 11:44:32 +0100 2009 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
* HACKING: Clarify "bool" vs. XDR/wire-format.
Mon Jan 12 22:07:57 CET 2009 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
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@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ standard type like int32_t, uint32_t, uint64_t, etc.
While using "bool" is good for readability, it comes with minor caveats:
- Don't use "bool" in places where the type size must be constant across
all systems, like public interfaces and on-the-wire protocols.
all systems, like public interfaces and on-the-wire protocols. Note
that it would be possible (albeit wasteful) to use "bool" in libvirt's
logical wire protocol, since XDR maps that to its lower-level bool_t
type, which *is* fixed-size.
- Don't compare a bool variable against the literal, "true",
since a value with a logical non-false value need not be "1".
I.e., don't write "if (seen == true) ...". Rather, write "if (seen)...".