typedefining the BOOL as unsigned char
Hi can anyone please tell me how can i typedef the BOOL to unsigned char , if it is defined , but if we havt define the BOOL as unsigned char then it has to take the defualt bool (windows BOOL).
[code]:
#if defined BOOL
typedef unsigned char BOOL
#elif
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[code]
I want the codes here plz help me.
You should get Windows' BOOL if you include any of Windows-specific headers.Code:#ifndef BOOL typedef unsigned char BOOL; #endif
Edit: Missing semicolon, duh.
Last edited by msh; 11-14-2011 at 03:05 AM.
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Thanks for your help. but my requirement is like this :
if i define BOOL as unsigned char then i have to use the same all over the programme , if BOOL is not defined as unsigned char then it has to take the defualt windows BOOL.
Looking forward for the replay.
First... you will regret this. You will run into all kinds of type definition errors... it won't use the windows version intellegently, it will simply tell you that you have redefined the type, error off and stop compiling.Originally Posted by ushacy
Windows BOOL type is an integer for a reason... you are testing for 0 vs !0 but some windows functions can and do return large numbers for the !0 case. (Registry functions are notorious for this)
That said...
Code:#ifndef _BOOL typedef unsigned char BOOL; #define _BOOL #endif
Also: processors evaluate ints faster than 1 byte chars, because they do not load single bytes, they load multiples of 4. And because of paging any apparent memory saving is going to be illusory. So there is no advantage to using an unsigned char, but potentially some disadvantages.
If you have a choice, use an int or unsigned int. Unsigned char is just silly.
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
@MK27 ... one for the history books, my friend... Looks like we actually agree on something!
Ya you are right ,, if i try to change the type of windows data types it will through a erro but here my requirement is like this ... i have to redefine the windows data type to my own definition as BOOL to unsigned char and i have to use this all over the programme.
i have tried your way of doing :
Code:
#ifdef_BOOLtypedefunsignedchar BOOL;#define_BOOL#endif [code]
but its is throuing an error and it s not redefining please help me in this issue.
Thanks in advance
[QUOTE=ushacy;1069661]Ya you are right ,, if i try to change the type of windows data types it will through a erro but here my requirement is like this ... i have to redefine the windows data type to my own definition as BOOL to unsigned char and i have to use this all over the programme.
i have tried your way of doing :
Code:
#ifndef_BOOLtypedefunsigned char BOOL;#define_BOOL#endif [code]
but its is throuing an error and it s not redefining please help me in this issue.
Thanks in advance
It's what I told you in the first message... you can't do that...
Windows defines it's own BOOL type... just use it.
The only thing you can do is define a secondary type...
And no you cannot put in line breaks like you did in message #8, that will cause it's own set of errors.Code:#ifndef _CBOOL typedef unsigned char cBOOL; #define _CBOOL #endif
