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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
To: dccp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3]: Convert Reset code into socket error number
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:15:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071001201515.GC7881@ghostprotocols.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200709291744.53552@strip-the-willow>

Em Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 09:07:24AM +1300, Ian McDonald escreveu:
> On 10/2/07, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> wrote:
> > He used a "designated initializer", i.e. he said at which index in the
> > array it the value is to be set. So it really doesn't matter the order.
> > And when checking if the code was within the valid range he tested
> > against the last entry in the enum. Correct code. :-)
> >
> > - Arnaldo
> >
> Yes you are correct. I misread the code.
> 
> However - I'd prefer another constant to match last in enum at the
> same point as the declaration of the enum. This way if values are
> added other code doesn't break. I've seen this done before quite a few
> times. It is dangerous on relying on the last value when it's not
> explicitly marked as the last value.

Agreed, TCP_MAX_STATES, etc :-)

- Arnaldo

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-01 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-29 16:44 [PATCH 3/3]: Convert Reset code into socket error number Gerrit Renker
2007-10-01 19:38 ` Ian McDonald
2007-10-01 19:55 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2007-10-01 20:07 ` Ian McDonald
2007-10-01 20:15 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2007-10-02 10:04 ` Gerrit Renker
2007-10-02 10:08 ` Gerrit Renker

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