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Tell me the truth ... (piefed.jeena.net)

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[–] timhh@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is not. A bool in C, C++, Rust, Go, and every language that I know is 1 byte. Why are you arguing this basic very well known fact so much?

Just say "oh I was mistaken, TIL". It's not shameful.

[–] brian@programming.dev 0 points 5 months ago

because with things that the compiler does, like padding for alignment, it frequently takes up more space than that. that was my argument the whole time. what til are you talking about? I'm talking about an extra layer you've decided doesn't count. ofc sizeof bool will be a byte in all of those languages.

a bool taking up a single byte is a fantasy that those languages use because developers generally don't need to think about all the other stuff going on.