[gdal-dev] Should we use boolean type at the SWIG interface?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Tamas Szekeres wrote:
> Or simply
> 
>  bool TestCapability (const char *cap) {
>     return (OGR_Dr_TestCapability(self, cap) > 0);
>   }
> 
> 
> 2008/7/13 Tamas Szekeres <szekerest at gmail.com>:
>> Frank,
>>
>> I'd rather not to change the API as I've suggested before because many
>> existing code may rely on it. By using this change the existing
>> scripts should use the !=0 suffix in the conditions and this change
>> may be confusing.
>>
>> What I would propose now is to change the related code according to
>> the following example:
>>
>> bool TestCapability (const char *cap) {
>>    return OGR_Dr_TestCapability(self, cap) > 0? true: false;
>>  }
>>
>> How about this way?

Tamas,

This is acceptable.

Best regards,
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