Q164150: DOC: C4237 Online Help Contains Wrong Information on "bool"

Article: Q164150
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): winnt:4.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode kbdocfix kbdocerr
Last Modified: 04-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, version 4.2 
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, version 4.2 
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SUMMARY
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The online help on C4237 in Visual C++ 4.2 states that the keywords bool, true,
false, mutable, explicit, and typename are for future use. The last paragraph
states the following:

  If you include the header OAIDL.H, note that this header defines both bool
  and boolval. To avoid this warning and prevent possible compatibility
  problems with future versions of Visual C++, your code should use the boolval
  definition instead of the bool definition.

This information is incorrect. If you use OAIDL.H for bool keyword, the following
error message appears:

  error C2065: 'bool' : undeclared identifier

MORE INFORMATION
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In Visual C++ 4.2, the keywords bool, true, and false are declared in the header
file yvals.h. By including this file in your program, you can use the keywords
bool, true, and false. Since the standard C++ header files (that is, iostream,
ostream, etc.) automatically include yvals.h, if you use any of these header
files you can use bool, true, and false. If you are also including windows.h,
then make sure that windows.h is included above yvals.h or the standard C++
header files, otherwise the C4237 warning appears. This happens because yvals.h
disables the C4237 warning with a #pragma statement.

The following programs compile without errors in Visual C++ 4.2.

Sample Code
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     /* Compile options needed:none
     */ 

     #include <windows.h>
     #include <iostream>

     void main(void){
     bool x;
     BOOL Y;

     x=true;
     Y=FALSE;

     }

     Or,

     #include <windows.h>
     #include <yvals.h>

     void main(void){
     bool x;
     BOOL Y;

     x=true;
     Y=FALSE;

     }


Additional query words: bool kbOLDocs kbCompiler kbVC420 kbVC500fix kbDSupport kbdss

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Keywords          : kbcode kbdocfix kbdocerr 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC420 kbVC32bitSearch
Version           : winnt:4.2

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