Re: share/private/slave a subtree

[Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Pekka J Enberg wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > > > +#define PNODE_MEMBER_VFS  0x01
> > > > +#define PNODE_SLAVE_VFS   0x02
> > > > Enums, please.
> 
> Roman Zippel writes:
> > Is this becoming a requirement now? I personally would rather leave that to
> > personal preference...
> 
> Hey, I just review patches. I don't get to set requirements. There's a reason
> why enums are preferred though. They define a proper name for the constant.

Who prefers that?

> It's far to easy to mess up with #defines.

Rather unlikely with such simple masks.

> They also document the code intent
> much better as you can group related constants together. 

You can't do that with defines?

bye, Roman
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