Re: [boost] 3-state boolean type

From: Andrew J Bromage (ajb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-01 23:01:40

G'day all.

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:55:23PM -0400, Douglas Gregor wrote:

> I see that the naming of 'indeterminate' might be an issue, then. I need the 
> tribool in the domain of static analysis, where the third value means "I 
> can't statically determine if this boolean value is true or false, so the 
> value is indeterminate at compile-time". I'm not overly attached to the name 
> 'indeterminate', and 'maybe' is a lot shorter...

Well if it's static analysis that you're doing, perhaps a better name
is "bottom".

Now that I think about it, would there be any value in a lattice type?

Cheers,
Andrew Bromage