Booleans

Booleans in Internet Object

A Boolean in Internet Object represents a logical value that can be either true or false. Boolean values are scalar primitives used to express binary states, flags, or conditional logic.

Boolean values in Internet Object support both compact and verbose representations to balance readability and space efficiency.

Syntax

A boolean value can be expressed in two forms:

boolean = compactBoolean | verboseBoolean
compactBoolean = "T" | "F"
verboseBoolean = "true" | "false"

Structural Characters

Symbol	Name	Unicode	Description
T	Uppercase T	U+0054	Compact representation of true
F	Uppercase F	U+0046	Compact representation of false
true	Keyword true	Multiple	Verbose representation of true
false	Keyword false	Multiple	Verbose representation of false

Valid Forms

T                    # Compact true
F                    # Compact false
true                 # Verbose true
false                # Verbose false

Optional Behaviors

Literal and Alternate Forms

Internet Object supports two equivalent representations for each boolean value:

• Compact form: T for true, F for false (recommended)

• Verbose form: true for true, false for false

T        # ✅ Recommended compact form
true     # ✅ Verbose form (equivalent to T)
F        # ✅ Recommended compact form
false    # ✅ Verbose form (equivalent to F)

Invalid Forms

t        # ❌ Lowercase not allowed
f        # ❌ Lowercase not allowed
TRUE     # ❌ All caps not allowed
FALSE    # ❌ All caps not allowed
True     # ❌ Mixed case not allowed
False    # ❌ Mixed case not allowed
1        # ❌ Numeric representation not allowed
0        # ❌ Numeric representation not allowed

See Also

• Schema for Booleans

• Values