From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Denis Vlasenko <vda@ilport.com.ua>
Cc: moreau francis <francis_moreau2000@yahoo.fr>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Use enum to declare errno values
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:15:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1132758910.7268.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200511231631.12365.vda@ilport.com.ua>
On Mer, 2005-11-23 at 16:31 +0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> Enums are really nice substitute for integer constants instead of #defines.
> Enums obey scope rules, #defines do not.
>
> However enums are not widely used because of
> 1. tradition and style
> 2. awkward syntax required: enum { ABC = 123 };
The SATA layer uses enum for constants and while it was a bit of change
in style when I met it, it does seem to work just as well
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-23 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-23 13:24 Use enum to declare errno values moreau francis
2005-11-23 14:19 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-23 14:24 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 15:00 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-24 7:19 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-24 7:30 ` Paul Jackson
2005-11-24 7:37 ` Paul Jackson
2005-12-01 20:01 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-12-02 6:49 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 9:27 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 12:07 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 12:18 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-12-02 12:56 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 13:20 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 13:34 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-12-02 16:02 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-12-02 16:32 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 16:56 ` Vadim Lobanov
2005-12-04 13:10 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 16:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-12-02 17:07 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 17:51 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-02 18:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-12-02 18:30 ` Horst von Brand
2005-11-23 14:27 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 14:31 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 15:15 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2005-11-23 15:44 ` moreau francis
2005-11-23 15:55 ` Nikita Danilov
2005-11-23 16:05 ` moreau francis
2005-11-23 16:24 ` Nikita Danilov
2005-11-23 16:42 ` moreau francis
2005-11-23 16:54 ` Nikita Danilov
2005-11-24 7:22 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 17:35 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-24 9:43 ` Giuliano Pochini
2005-11-28 23:19 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-24 17:11 ` Ben Pfaff
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