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"Paul \"LeoNerd\" Evans" <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> writes:
> I propose the addition of a new SV type, of SVt_BOOL. Should I write an
> RFC?
Yes please!
> This type will act much like the existing "booleans" of PL_sv_no and
> PL_sv_yes, except its type will remain distinct, so it will be possible
> to distinguish "that SV is a boolean". This is a requirement for
> certain kinds of data serialisation - such as JSON or MsgPack - and may
> be useful for many other purposes too.
>
> Still to be determined: a pureperl interface on it. E.g. would this be
> possible:
>
> use feature 'bool';
>
> my $yes = true; # new literal value keywords
> my $no = false; #
>
> use Scalar::Util 'svtype';
>
> is( svtype($yes), "BOOL", 'true is SVt_BOOL');
Should these also pass?
is( svtype(!0) ,"BOOL", 'PL_sv_yes is SVt_BOOL' );
is( svtype(!1) ,"BOOL", 'PL_sv_no is SVt_BOOL' );
And if so, only in the scope of `use feature 'bool';`, or everywhere?
- ilmari
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