C doesn't have a bool? Also VS2010 question

Question

I\'m using VS 2010 Pro.

First, C doesn\'t have a bool type? I just have to use int with 0/1. Seems odd as most languages consider boolean a standard type.

Answer 1

If you're developing in C, I'd recommend a different compiler as VC++ is not a modern C compilier and does not support the C99 standard. If you're on windows try MinGW, which basically gets you GCC with access to Windows-y API stuff.

If you're set on using Visual Studio, create your own header file to use instead of stdbool.h:

#pragma once

#define false   0
#define true    1

#define bool int

I found that Visual Studio 2010 complained if I tried to use a typedef instead of a #define to define bool.