Index: src/SynTree/Constant.cc
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--- src/SynTree/Constant.cc	(revision e9a3b20b59d320eed25770a9bc1951960a34848a)
+++ src/SynTree/Constant.cc	(revision 5dd0704a42a723d2c413edca7d404b41b80a488f)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Author           : Richard C. Bilson
 // Created On       : Mon May 18 07:44:20 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Wed Jun 21 16:44:48 2017
-// Update Count     : 27
+// Last Modified By : Andrew Beach
+// Last Modified On : Thr Jun 22 10:11:00 2017
+// Update Count     : 28
 //
 
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@
 
 Constant::~Constant() { delete type; }
+
+Constant Constant::from_bool( bool b ) {
+	return Constant( new BasicType( Type::Qualifiers(), BasicType::Bool ), b ? "1" : "0" , (unsigned long long int)b );
+}
 
 Constant Constant::from_int( int i ) {
Index: src/SynTree/Constant.h
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--- src/SynTree/Constant.h	(revision e9a3b20b59d320eed25770a9bc1951960a34848a)
+++ src/SynTree/Constant.h	(revision 5dd0704a42a723d2c413edca7d404b41b80a488f)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Author           : Richard C. Bilson
 // Created On       : Mon May 18 07:44:20 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Wed Jun 21 16:44:48 2017
-// Update Count     : 14
+// Last Modified By : Andrew Beach
+// Last Modified On : Thr Jun 22 10:13:00 2017
+// Update Count     : 15
 //
 
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@
 	void set_value( std::string newValue ) { rep = newValue; }
 
+	/// generates a boolean constant of the given bool
+	static Constant from_bool( bool b );
 	/// generates an integer constant of the given int
 	static Constant from_int( int i );