2.1.4 Bool

Define: Bool

Represents a value which can be either true or false.

Values of type Bool are a common occurence in conditions such as if and while. The following operators accept and return Bool values:

• && (and)
• || (or)
• ! (not)

Haxe guarantees that compound boolean expressions are evaluated from left to right and only as far as necessary at run-time. For instance, an expression like A && B will evaluate A first and evaluate B only if the evaluation of A yielded true. Likewise, the expressions A || B will not evaluate B if the evaluation of A yielded true, because the value of B is irrelevant in that case. This is important in cases such as this:

if (object != null && object.field == 1) { }

Accessing object.field if object is null would lead to a run-time error, but the check for object != null guards against it.