Subject: Re: definition of TRUE and FALSE in system headers
To: Krister Walfridsson <cato@df.lth.se>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 07/23/2007 13:15:25
On Jul 23, 2007, at 4:41 AM, Krister Walfridsson wrote:

> I have seen some problems with software failing to build on NetBSD  
> 4.0_BETA2 because NetBSD now defines/redefines TRUE and FALSE when
> you include e.g. sys/ioctl.h (the definition/redefinition
>  #undef TRUE
>  #define TRUE    1
>  #undef FALSE
>  #define FALSE   0
> is in prop/prop_object.h that is included (via sys/dkio.h) from
> sys/ioctl.h)

Ah, yes, I just haven't gotten around to getting proplib onto  
stdbool.  I'll do that ASAP.

>
>
> I assume the sys/ headers do not guarantee much about namespace  
> protection, but I was a bit surprised that it redefined such common  
> constants...  So I'd like check if this is the expected behavior or
> a bug before I send patches to other projects...
>
>   /Krister

-- thorpej