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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


  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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