Yep.  It's better to just use C99 bool everywhere.

Jose

On 30/06/2019 06:00, Marek Olšák wrote:
> boolean predates c99 support in MSVC. I think there is no reason for 
> boolean in gallium now.
> 
> Marek
> 
> On Sat., Jun. 29, 2019, 00:09 Ilia Mirkin, <imir...@alum.mit.edu 
> <mailto:imir...@alum.mit.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Ken pointed out on IRC today that there was still a lot of "boolean"
>     (vs bool/_Bool) usage in gallium. In fact, many interfaces are
>     specified with boolean.
> 
>     I had it in my mind that I had at some point removed most boolean
>     usage, but that is just not the case - first of all, the interfaces
>     remain with it, and I could find no evidence of such a commit. I must
>     have imagined it.
> 
>     Is there any reason to keep boolean around? I know conversions must be
>     done carefully (since incorrect-but-working usage would not currently
>     be caught by the compiler), but are there any practical reasons to
>     avoid C99 _Bool in gallium code?
> 
>     If not, I may begin converting things over.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>        -ilia
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