Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: Built-in bool type

| ### 16.2.1 Built-in bool type C++ introduced a built-in boolean data type called `bool`. The presence of this new type makes it unnecessary to use an `int` with the values `0` and `1` and improves type safety. The two possible values of a `bool` are `true` and `false`--these are reserved words. The compiler knows how to coerce a `bool` into an `int` and vice-versa. If your compiler does not have the `bool` type and `false` and `true` keywords, an alternative is to produce such a type using a `typedef` of an enumeration representing the two possible values:
    enum boolvals { false, true };
    typedef enum boolvals bool;
What makes this simple alternative attractive is that it prevents having to adjust the prolific amount of code that might use `bool` objects once your compiler supports the built-in type.

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