Is sizeof(bool) defined in the C++ language standard?

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sizeof(bool) is implementation defined, and the standard puts notable emphasis on this fact.

§5.3.3/1, abridged:

sizeof(char), sizeof(signed char) and sizeof(unsigned char) are 1; the result of sizeof applied to any other fundamental type is implementation-defined. [Note: in particular, sizeof(bool) and sizeof(wchar_t) are implementation-defined.69)]

Footnote 69):

sizeof(bool) is not required to be 1.

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