Re: Use enum to declare errno values

Hi,

2005/12/2, Denis Vlasenko <[email protected]>:
> > There is another reason why enums are better than #defines:

On 12/2/05, Coywolf Qi Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is a reason why enums are worse than #defines.
>
> Unlike in other languages, C enum is not much useful in practices.
> Maybe the designer wanted C to be as fancy as other languages?  C
> shouldn't have had enum imho. Anyway we don't have any strong motives
> to switch to enums.

I don't follow your reasoning. The naming collision is a real problem
with macros. With enum and const, the compiler can do proper checking
with meaningful error messages. Please explain why you think #define
is better for Denis' example?

                                     Pekka
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