Boolean true - positive 1 or negative 1?

Question

I\'m designing a language, and trying to decide whether true should be 0x01 or 0xFF. Obviously, all non-zero values will be converted to true, but I\'m trying t

Answer 1

IMO, if you want to stick with false=0x00, you should use 0x01. 0xFF is usually:

• a sign that some operation overflowed

or

• an error marker

And in both cases, it probably means false. Hence the *nix return value convention from executables, that true=0x00, and any non-zero value is false.