Standard library header <cstdbool> (C++11)(until C++20), <stdbool.h> (C++11)

 

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Language support <cfloat> <climits> <compare>(C++20) <contracts>(C++26) <coroutine>(C++20) <csetjmp> <csignal> <cstdarg> <cstddef> <cstdint>(C++11) <cstdlib> <exception> <initializer_list>(C++11)    <limits> <new> <source_location>(C++20) <stdfloat>(C++23) <typeinfo> <version>(C++20) Concepts <concepts>(C++20) Diagnostics <cassert> <cerrno> <debugging>(C++26) <stacktrace>(C++23) <stdexcept> <system_error>(C++11) Memory management <memory> <memory_resource>(C++17) <scoped_allocator>(C++11) Metaprogramming <type_traits>(C++11) <ratio>(C++11)

General utilities <any>(C++17) <bitset> <bit>(C++20) <charconv>(C++17) <expected>(C++23) <format>(C++20) <functional> <optional>(C++17) <stdbit.h>(C++26) <tuple>(C++11) <typeindex>(C++11) <utility> <variant>(C++17) Containers <array>(C++11) <deque> <flat_map>(C++23) <flat_set>(C++23) <forward_list>(C++11) <hive>(C++26) <inplace_vector>(C++26)    <list> <map> <mdspan>(C++23) <queue> <set> <span>(C++20) <stack> <unordered_map>(C++11) <unordered_set>(C++11) <vector> Iterators <iterator> Ranges <generator>(C++23) <ranges>(C++20)

Algorithms <algorithm> <numeric> Strings <cctype> <cstring> <cuchar>(C++11) <cwchar> <cwctype> <string_view>(C++17) <string> Text processing <clocale> <codecvt>(C++11/17/26*) <locale> <regex>(C++11) <text_encoding>(C++26)    Numerics <cfenv>(C++11) <cmath> <complex> <linalg>(C++26) <numbers>(C++20) <random>(C++11) <simd>(C++26) <stdckdint.h>(C++26) <valarray> Time <chrono>(C++11) <ctime> C compatibility <ccomplex>(C++11/17/20*) <ciso646>(until C++20) <cstdalign>(C++11/17/20*) <cstdbool>(C++11/17/20*) <ctgmath>(C++11/17/20*)

Input/output <cinttypes>(C++11) <cstdio> <filesystem>(C++17) <fstream> <iomanip> <iosfwd> <iostream> <ios> <istream> <ostream> <print>(C++23) <spanstream>(C++23) <sstream> <streambuf> <strstream>(C++98/26*) <syncstream>(C++20) Concurrency support <atomic>(C++11) <barrier>(C++20) <condition_variable>(C++11) <future>(C++11) <hazard_pointer>(C++26) <latch>(C++20) <mutex>(C++11) <rcu>(C++26) <semaphore>(C++20) <shared_mutex>(C++14) <stdatomic.h>(C++23) <stop_token>(C++20) <thread>(C++11) Execution support <execution>(C++17)

 

This header was originally in the C standard library as <stdbool.h>.

Compatibility header. true, false and bool are keywords in C++, but they were not keywords in C until C23.

Macros
__bool_true_false_are_defined (C++11)(deprecated)	C compatibility macro constant, expands to integer literal 1 (macro constant)

Notes

<cstdbool> is deprecated in C++17 and removed in C++20. Corresponding <stdbool.h> is still available in C++20.

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3827	C++11	C programs no longer need the compatibility macro __bool_true_false_are_defined since C23	deprecated this macro in C++