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From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@ter...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] speaking of kenc
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:12:25 +0100

>_Bool is a notational convenience, maybe helping document functions
>returning only pass/fail status, or for the isalpha(2) family of
>functions.

oh: and isalpha etc are defined to return int, as are all the other
(conventionally) boolean operations and functions of the standard,
although perhaps i overlooked some.

as a convenience it's mainly a suitable target for micturating.