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Active reading [<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boolean#Noun>].
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Peter Mortensen
Peter Mortensen
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Instead of faking a booleanBoolean and leaving a trap for future readers, why not just use a better value than true and false?

For example:

build_state=success
if something-horrible; then
  build_state=failed
fi

if [[ "$build_state" == success ]]; then
  echo go home,home; you are done
else
  echo your head is on fire,fire; run around in circles
fi

Instead of faking a boolean and leaving a trap for future readers, why not just use a better value than true and false?

For example:

build_state=success
if something-horrible; then
  build_state=failed
fi

if [[ "$build_state" == success ]]; then
  echo go home, you are done
else
  echo your head is on fire, run around in circles
fi

Instead of faking a Boolean and leaving a trap for future readers, why not just use a better value than true and false?

For example:

build_state=success
if something-horrible; then
  build_state=failed
fi

if [[ "$build_state" == success ]]; then
  echo go home; you are done
else
  echo your head is on fire; run around in circles
fi
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Pyrolistical
Pyrolistical
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Instead of faking a boolean and leaving a trap for future readers, why not just use a better value than true and false?

For example:

build_state=success
if something-horrible; then
  build_state=failed
fi

if [[ "$build_state" == success ]]; then
  echo go home, you are done
else
  echo your head is on fire, run around in circles
fi