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bug #64233: [troff] make requests' treatment of Boolean arguments more consistent

Submitter:  G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Submitted:  Mon 22 May 2023 05:32:39 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Core Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Warning/Suspicious behaviour Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Open Planned Release:  None
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Mon 22 May 2023 05:32:39 AM UTC, original submission:  

In *roff, negative values are false when interpreted in a Boolean context.

But there are some nitty exceptions.


.color 0
.tm \n[.color]
0
.color -1
.tm \n[.color]
1


Explore making this more consistent.

G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
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