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@@ -1543,9 +1543,9 @@ use a new negative type number.
@code{integer}. 32 bit signed integral type.
@item -16
-@code{boolean}. 32 bit type. How is the truth value encoded? Is it
-the least significant bit or is it a question of whether the whole value
-is zero or non-zero?
+@code{boolean}. 32 bit type. GDB and GCC assume that zero is false,
+one is true, and other values have unspecified meaning. I hope this
+agrees with how the IBM tools use the type.
@item -17
@code{short real}. IEEE single precision.