Issue 0285: Conversion of an imaginary type to _Bool

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Authors: WG14 Convener
Date: 2003-02-26
Reference document: ISO/IEC WG14 N1002
Submitted against: C99
Status: Fixed
Fixed in: C99 TC2
Cross-references: 0447
Converted from: summary-c99.htm, dr_285.htm

Summary

6.3.1.2 is clear that any non-zero scalar value gets turned into 1 by a _Bool conversion.

However, G.4.2 says that when an imaginary value is converted to a real, the result is zero.

Suggested Technical Corrigendum

Change G.4.2 to:

When a value of imaginary type is converted to a real type other than _Bool, the result is a positive zero. See 6.3.1.2.

Comment from WG14 on 2004-03-17:

Technical Corrigendum

Change G.4.2 to:

When a value of imaginary type is converted to a real type other than _Bool, the result is a positive zero. See 6.3.1.2.