Re: bool or BOOL in MFC projects
That's why I typically check for false rather than any specific value for
true.
Tom
"Giovanni Dicanio" <giovanni.dicanio@invalid.com> wrote in message
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Hi Joe,
I don't have your historical perspective.
However, reading from a random BOOL-returning API, like ::IsChild:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633524(VS.85).aspx
the documentation clearly states that:
"If the window is a child or descendant window of the specified parent
window, the return value is *nonzero*.
If the window is not a child or descendant window of the specified parent
window, the return value is zero."
I think that when we program with an API, the *interface* documentation is
what matters. We must respect the interface, and it seems that the
interface is clear in that case.
It's like what I would define IMHO a "buggy" COM code, when people do e.g.
HRESULT hr = pSomeInterface->SomeMethod(...);
if ( hr == E_FAIL )
or if ( hr == DD_OK ) ...
IMHO, we should write more "robust" code, using ad hoc helper macros like
FAILED() and SUCCEEDED(), e.g.
if ( FAILED(hr) ) // for generic failure
...
Giovanni
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