Re: [Lynx-dev] storing sessions

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 5/18/08, Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2008, Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>
>> Here is patch, it fix few small bugs. (including recent one)
>
> thanks
>
>> BTW, TD: why BOOLEAN is char/byte/int?
>
> It's been there a while - longer than I've been working on Lynx.
> So part of my comments are secondhand info.
>
> I recall reading one of the other developers stating that there
> was some scheme for deciding which to use.  But no one's enforced
> that (choice between BOOL and BOOLEAN) for some time.
>
> On win32 the compilers may define BOOL and/or BOOLEAN.  You see that
> reflected in HTUtils.h - and if it's defined, we use it (rather than
> trying to override it).
>
> For other platforms it's generally not defined or declared.
> Some compilers may have a comparable bool or Bool type.  Lynx
> isn't using that.  But its default for BOOLEAN is a char since
> that's the smallest data available (it only has to hold 1 bit).

But it use too much (8x) more than actually needed. Instead of using
202*8 bits just 202 would be better. Currently, difference is still
small, but I feel bad every time when adding one BOOLEAN more in code.