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From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Use enum to declare errno values
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:11:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87veyi6kdx.fsf@benpfaff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20051123132443.32793.qmail@web25813.mail.ukl.yahoo.com

moreau francis <francis_moreau2000@yahoo.fr> writes:

> I'm just wondering why not declaring errno values using enumaration ? It is 
> just more convenient when debuging the kernel.

The C standard says that errno values are macros that expand to
integer constant expressions.  This is important for userspace,
if not for the kernel.
-- 
"Then, I came to my senses, and slunk away, hoping no one overheard my
 thinking."
--Steve McAndrewSmith in the Monastery


      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-11-24 17:15 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
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 [this message]

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