Re: On boolean configuration variables...

Hi,

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Anand Kumria wrote:

Allowing 'yes' and 'no' to equal 'true' and 'false' respectively sounds
pretty sane and user-friendly.

Why wouldn't you want to do that?

'Cause you'd have to add "maybe", too ;-)

Seriously, there is a subtle side to booleans, which is the reason that 
they typically take on only "false" and "true": Consider the question "Is 
the box not red?". If the answer is "yes", I do not know if "yes, the box 
is red" or "yes, the box is not red".

"true" and "false" are less ambiguous.

Ciao,
Dscho