sfc@datascope.com (Steve F. Cipolli (P/M)) writes:

>This, like the overflow possibilities inherent in the ++ operator
>for the new bool type leave serious questions in my mind as to the long term
>viability of C++ in critical applications.

There are NO overflow possibilities inheritent in the ++ operator for
the new bool type.  Given

 bool b;

the statements

 b++;
 b = 1;
 b = true;

all have exactly the same effect.  In general, a compiler is NOT
allowed to use a machine's increment instruction to implement the ++
operator for the bool type.

There may well be reasons to question the long term viability of C++ in
critical applications, but the bool operator ++ is not one of them.

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