[review] Remove "boolean" and "var_boolean" checks from ARI

[Christian Biesinger (Code Review)]

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Change URL: https://gnutoolchain-gerrit.osci.io/r/c/binutils-gdb/+/741
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| +++ /COMMIT_MSG
| @@ -1,0 +3,19 @@ Author:     Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
| +AuthorDate: 2019-12-05 07:53:32 -0700
| +Commit:     Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
| +CommitDate: 2019-12-05 07:53:32 -0700
| +
| +Remove "boolean" and "var_boolean" checks from ARI
| +
| +The "boolean" and "var_boolean" checks from ARI seem only to generate
| +false reports.
| +
| +Now that gdb is in C++, at least the "boolean" check seems unlikely to

PS1, Line 12:

I don't understand, the check suggests using bool instead of boolean.
So presumably it was added specifically for c++? Still seems fine to
remove it since I don't know why anyone would write boolean.

| +ever generate a true report.
| +
| +The "var_boolean" check likewise doesn't seem valuable any more --
| +presumably this refers to some ancient way of doing things in gdb, and
| +isn't likely to find a bug in the future.
| +
| +Therefore, this patch removes these two checks.
| +
| +gdb/ChangeLog

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Gerrit-Project: binutils-gdb
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Gerrit-Change-Id: Iaf449b51e8182ffa0b9ed25fe688e0ff64a07a67
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