Booltrue

Booltrue is a textual token used in some programming languages, configuration syntaxes, and domain-specific languages to represent the boolean value true. It is not a standard keyword in most mainstream languages, which typically use the literal true or equivalent symbols.

Booltrue may be introduced as an alias, macro, or dedicated literal within a specific language or DSL to improve readability or to avoid reserved keywords. In such contexts it is part of the language's formal grammar and is treated as a value of the boolean type.

Semantics and parsing: When a parser recognizes booltrue, it evaluates to the boolean value true. Depending on the implementation, it may be case-sensitive, may require explicit declaration, or be defined in a library. Some environments map booltrue to a language-specific true constant or to a truthy value during evaluation.

Examples: In a hypothetical DSL, code might read: if (booltrue) then proceed. In a templating system, the token booltrue may be replaced with the boolean true during rendering. In a configuration format, a field such as "enabled": booltrue could signal an affirmative setting if the syntax supports unquoted identifiers.

Portability and practice: Because booltrue is not standardized, programs using it may encounter portability issues across languages or tooling that do not recognize it. When documenting a project, it is important to specify its meaning and any mappings to standard literals. In many projects, standard boolean literals or explicit constants are preferred to maximize compatibility.

See also: boolean, true (in programming), false, domain-specific language, configuration language, literals.