Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: TRUE, FALSE and writing readable code... Message-ID: <6185@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 12:35:14 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6185 Posted: Tue Jul 28 12:35:14 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jul-87 00:47:43 EDT References: <8507@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 11 In article <8507@brl-adm.ARPA> C03601DM%WUVMD.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Derek Morgan) writes: >What pitfalls >have I left myself open to by using something which I consider mnemonic? So long as you never write if ( whatever == TRUE ) there is no technical problem with using your mnemonics. The only possible problem otherwise is that, because they're not a standard part of the language, a reader of your code has to do more work to understand the mnemonics. However, these particular ones are nearly universal and are unlikely to confuse anyone.