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   Em sexta-feira, 2 de novembro de 2012 16h27min47s UTC-2, Zeljko Vrba  escreveu:   
      
   > So, C++98 blew the (only) chance to define bool properly, i.e., as a   
   > non-arithmetic type.  Can anybody elaborate on how and why did we end   
   > up with a useless arithmetic type?   
      
   A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, every object was   
   either an integer number, a floating point number, or a composition   
   of those things in structs.   
      
   Creating a perfect (?) bool was probably never at stake; the type of   
   the test expression in an if statement probably was.   
      
   If the test expression of an if statement has perfect bool type, this   
   won't compile:   
      
   if (1) { /* whatever */ }   
      
   Is the amount of programs with lines like that countable? (Theoretically yes.)   
      
   And then there is always so little time, and so much to work on. Be glad   
   we got STL in the first standard version. That must have been crazy.   
      
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