Int vs. Bool

[Weston]

I'm new to C# programming. I am in possession of some third party software and am thinking of modifying it a bit. The original coder has various flags in the code - simple on/off flags - but he/she has them typed as "int". Is there any valid reason in a C# environment to NOT have these be boolean? Does C# process "int" faster than "bool" or something? The only use of these vars in the code is as "true/false" flags.

Thanks in advance.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Hi Weston, typically true/false flags are boolean. I can't imagine there is a huge speed difference between the two, other than the ints taking a little bit more memory space than a bool.

I'd recommend contacting the author to see if there is a specific reason s/he used ints, and if there isn't, just go ahead and switch them to bool and see if the is a difference.

[roonius]

I'm new to C# programming. I am in possession of some third party software and am thinking of modifying it a bit. The original coder has various flags in the code - simple on/off flags - but he/she has them typed as "int". Is there any valid reason in a C# environment to NOT have these be boolean? Does C# process "int" faster than "bool" or something? The only use of these vars in the code is as "true/false" flags.

Thanks in advance.

It might be simply for optimization purposes