Stream: Miscellaneous

Topic: Wy int instead of bool bad?

Julin S (Nov 10 2022 at 04:59):

In the C programming language, int values double up as boolean values.

I've been told this is bad.

But why is it bad?

At first, I thought of course it's bad, but couldn't think of any examples
illustrating why it's bad.

Could you help me find some examples?

Julin S (Nov 10 2022 at 05:00):

As far type systems in general are concerned.

Julin S (Nov 10 2022 at 05:04):

Likewise char and float can both get implicitly converted to int in C'

Julin S (Nov 10 2022 at 05:42):

Tried in python with static type checking (mypy). That too has no complaints to make:

def incr(num: int) -> int:
    return num + True

incr(2)
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