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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Against bool
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 03:22:48 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 30 May 2024 17:16:40 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:

> And so we want to abolish bool and replace it with a bool enum.

    bool is_array(XMLNODE * node, bool useattributes);
    bool is_object(XMLNODE * node, bool useattributes);
    bool is_field(XMLNODE * node, bool useattributes);

Seems to me, the use of “bool” helps make pretty clear what those 
arguments are for. What’s wrong with that?