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