Re: [Boost-users] tribool question

From: Serge Skorokhodov (serge.skorokhodov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-05 09:29:16

Doug Gregor wrote:
> On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Serge Skorokhodov wrote:
> 
>>Still, why do not make it user configurable? Now I (and some
>>others of course:) have to write a wrapper to use tribool for my
>>purposes and (if undetermined were the default) somebody else
>>will need the same. I don't believe that it is possible to
>>satisfy everybody adding "null flavors".
> 
> 
> How would you make it configurable? Macros? A static "tribool" value 
> somewhere that is used for initialization?
> 
Just some follow-up explaining why I need tribool with 'unknown'
indetermined state sematics:

I'm working in a domain (HL7 v3) that explicetely contain a type
of boolean value that can be null (of several null flawors: just
unknown, patient not asked, patient asked but does not know... etc.)

-- 
Serge