https://github.com/saksham-joshi created 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/138713

# In C language,

- the size of "true" and "false" macro is 4 bytes (for x64 arch)

- but the size of "bool" (typedef _Bool) is 1 byte.

- In order to decrease the memory usage, we can set the size of "true" and 
"false" macros to 1 byte using explicit typecasting in macro definition.

>From db8d4b5b102c9e1cf8d43d108858ede66baea82f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SAKSHAM JOSHI <social.sakshamjo...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 21:37:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] FEAT: 1 byte for "true" & "false"

- In C language,

- the size of "true" and "false" macro is 4 bytes (for x64 arch)

- but the size of "bool" (typedef _Bool) is 1 byte.

- In order to decrease the memory usage, we can set the size of "true" and 
"false" macros to 1 byte using explicit typecasting in macro definition.
---
 clang/lib/Headers/stdbool.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Headers/stdbool.h b/clang/lib/Headers/stdbool.h
index dfaad2b65a9b5..4b81e4ba820d1 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Headers/stdbool.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Headers/stdbool.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
  */
 #elif !defined(__cplusplus)
 #define bool _Bool
-#define true 1
-#define false 0
+#define true ((bool)1)
+#define false ((bool)0)
 #elif defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__STRICT_ANSI__)
 /* Define _Bool as a GNU extension. */
 #define _Bool bool

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