Hi, gboolean is a typedef for gint in glib system. The gboolean variables are supposed to hold only TRUE or FALSE values. Could any one let me know why the gboolean is typedef'ed as gint? It could be simply typedef'ed for gshort (in particular gushort) or gchar (in particular guchar) for more efficiency. Are there any design constraints limiting for this kind of definition? If not, isn't it needs to be optimized from memory perspective?
Attached below is part of the gboolean definition from glib-documentation. gboolean typedef gint gboolean; A standard boolean type. Variables of this type should only contain the value TRUE<file:///usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS>or FALSE<file:///usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS>. And TRUE and FALSE are defined as below. TRUE #define TRUE (!FALSE) Defines the TRUE<file:///usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS>value for the gboolean<file:///usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean>type. FALSE #define FALSE (0) Defines the FALSE<file:///usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS>value for the gboolean<file:///usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean>type. thanks & regards, uma.. for twincling. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
