diff --git a/include/stdex/parser.hpp b/include/stdex/parser.hpp
index c9fcc1753..4caffa9d6 100644
--- a/include/stdex/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/parser.hpp
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ namespace stdex
 			{
 				stdex_assert(text || start >= end);
 				const wchar_t* str = m_str.data();
-				const bool case_insensitive = flags & match_case_insensitive ? true : false;
+				const bool case_insensitive = (flags & match_case_insensitive) != 0;
 				const auto& ctype = std::use_facet<std::ctype<wchar_t>>(m_locale);
 				for (this->interval.end = start;;) {
 					if (!*str) {
@@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@ namespace stdex
 			{
 				stdex_assert(text || start >= end);
 				const auto& ctype = std::use_facet<std::ctype<T>>(this->m_locale);
-				const bool case_insensitive = flags & match_case_insensitive ? true : false;
+				const bool case_insensitive = (flags & match_case_insensitive) != 0;
 				struct country_t {
 					T country[2];
 					T check_digits[2];
@@ -4956,7 +4956,7 @@ namespace stdex
 			{
 				stdex_assert(text || start >= end);
 				const auto& ctype = std::use_facet<std::ctype<T>>(this->m_locale);
-				const bool case_insensitive = flags & match_case_insensitive ? true : false;
+				const bool case_insensitive = (flags & match_case_insensitive) != 0;
 				size_t n, available, next;
 				uint32_t nominator;
 
@@ -5196,7 +5196,7 @@ namespace stdex
 			{
 				stdex_assert(text || start >= end);
 				const auto& ctype = std::use_facet<std::ctype<T>>(this->m_locale);
-				const bool case_insensitive = flags & match_case_insensitive ? true : false;
+				const bool case_insensitive = (flags & match_case_insensitive) != 0;
 
 				this->interval.end = start;
 				if (this->interval.end >= end || this->interval.end + 1 >= end ||
diff --git a/include/stdex/stream.hpp b/include/stdex/stream.hpp
index ba816d914..a1ecd1905 100644
--- a/include/stdex/stream.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/stream.hpp
@@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ namespace stdex
 				if (mode & share_deleting) dwShareMode |= FILE_SHARE_DELETE;
 
 				SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa = { sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) };
-				sa.bInheritHandle = mode & inherit_handle ? true : false;
+				sa.bInheritHandle = mode & inherit_handle ? TRUE : FALSE;
 
 				DWORD dwCreationDisposition;
 				switch (mode & mode_disposition_mask) {