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From: Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how cast works?
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 20:01:36 -0300
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Em 8/10/2024 1:14 PM, Bart escreveu:
>>
>> Bart, Does your compiler support the `bool` type, where the value is 
>> always either 1 or 0?
> 
> There is a bool type, but it is treated like unsigned char, so is 
> non-conforming.


I do the same in my compiler , when I transpile from C99 to C89.
I was thinking how to make it conforming.
For instance on each write.

bool b = 123; -> unsigned char b = !!(123);
The problem this does not fix unions, writing on int and reading from char.