Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 17:12:01 +0500
From: cigna AT helios DOT phy DOT ohiou DOT edu (Mr. Salty)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: type bool

>   Can the named enumeration be implemented in DJGPP? For example, when
>I compile the small program below:
>
>	enum  bool  {false, true};
>	void main () {
>	  bool foo = false;
>	}
>
>the g++ told me:
>	
>	temp.cc:1: parse error before `bool'.

I've had the same problem compiling programs with 1.12 that compiled
ok with 1.11. It seems that gcc 2.60 supports the new data type bool
making 'bool' along with 'true' and false' reserved words. This is all
in the proposed C++ standard. The result is that the above program will
work _without_ the line "enum bool {false, true}"

Also in the proposed standard but apparently not supported by gcc 2.60
is that
  bool foo=false;
  foo++;
should make foo true. (Asymetrically, foo-- should not make foo false.)
Dave