STDBOOL(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to stdbool(3) — the manual page for stdbool, aka standard boolean types. That's the whole name section, but keep scrolling because <stdbool.h> is about to do its little iconic thing. 💅

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

#include <stdbool.h>

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The <stdbool.h> header defines four macros, and honestly? It keeps things cute and minimal. Here they are, in all their main-character glory:

1. bool, which expands to _Bool;
2. true, which expands to the integer constant 1;
3. false, which expands to the integer constant 0; and
4. __bool_true_false_are_defined, which expands to the constant 1.

🚨 heads up, bestie: the ability to undefine and redefine the macros bool, true, and false is an obsolescent feature that may be withdrawn in a future version of a standard. Like, it's giving legacy energy. Do not act surprised if a future standard snatches that ability away. 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• stdint(3) — go say hi, bestie, it's right there.

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🌈 STANDARDS 🌈

The <stdbool.h> header conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”) and IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”). Slay. ✨

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💜 HISTORY 💜

The <stdbool.h> header was first introduced in NetBSD 1.6. A little origin-story moment for you. 🫶

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xoxo, Debian 💖 — March 21, 2010 — STDBOOL(3) over and out, periodt. 🎀