From: fengchengwen <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 09:22:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1454bed2-02e9-4d32-99b6-ca886113f62f@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250527092113.903910-4-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
It looks more clear and user-friendly for splitting the flag.
Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
On 2025/5/27 17:21, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> The use of lists of #defines with _MAX entries at the end causes issues
> for ABI compatibility as those MAX values often leak through to
> applications and can cause issues when changed.
>
> We can rework the code to increase type safety by splitting the flags
> field and using enums for each set of values explicitly:
>
> * One enum for whether an argument takes a parameter or not (or
> optionally takes one)
> * One enum for the type of the argument.
> * A separate flags field for any additional info - right now this is
> only to indicate an argument can appear more than once.
>
> The use of the MAX field is no longer necessary using the enums as we
> can use an inline function with a switch statement to check for valid
> values. Compilers like GCC will warn when an enum value is missing from
> the switch statement, easing future maintenance if enum values are
> added.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-04 1:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-27 9:21 [PATCH 0/3] argparse additions and rework Bruce Richardson
2025-05-27 9:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] argparse: add support for string and boolean args Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 8:36 ` fengchengwen
2025-05-27 9:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 8:44 ` fengchengwen
2025-06-03 15:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2025-05-27 9:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists Bruce Richardson
2025-06-04 1:22 ` fengchengwen [this message]
2025-05-29 15:09 ` [PATCH 0/3] argparse additions and rework Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 " Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] argparse: add support for string and boolean args Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists Bruce Richardson
2025-06-04 1:37 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] argparse additions and rework fengchengwen
2025-06-10 16:29 ` [PATCH v3 " Bruce Richardson
2025-06-10 16:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] argparse: add support for string and boolean args Bruce Richardson
2025-06-10 16:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible Bruce Richardson
2025-06-10 16:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists Bruce Richardson
2025-06-11 12:36 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] argparse additions and rework Bruce Richardson
2025-06-11 12:36 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] argparse: add support for string and boolean args Bruce Richardson
2025-06-11 12:36 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible Bruce Richardson
2025-06-11 12:36 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists Bruce Richardson
2025-06-11 17:09 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] argparse additions and rework Thomas Monjalon
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