[webkit-dev] Bools are strictly worse than enums

[Eric Seidel]

It seems to me, that using bool types for function arguments is strictly
worse than using an enum.  An enum is always clearer and can be easily
casted to a bool if needed.

doSomething(something, false);

Is much less readable than:

doSomething(something, AllowNetworkLoads);


Do any C++ gurus have further information to add here?  Is my (simple)
analysis here incorrect?  If not, seems we should forbid boolean values in
multi-argument methods/constructors in our style and add checks to
check-webkit-style to prevent further introduction of these confusing
callsites.

-eric
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