Re: Use enum to declare errno values

2005/12/3, Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>:
> Using enum doesn't *solve* problems, it does *allow* type checking, and
> *prevent* namespace pollution. Use of typedef allows future changes, if
> you use "struct XXX" you're stuck with it.

Yes, Greg KH had a lecture at a KS to encourage us to "stuck with it".
And akpm once told me to always use struct foo * when I was trying to
use task_t in argument list and struct task_struct *.for variable
definitions.

What do you mean by `future change'? You constantly change the struct
name or its members? I don't see any real problem hier.

>
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> bill davidsen <[email protected]>
>    CTO TMR Associates, Inc
>    Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
>

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References:
- Use enum to declare errno values
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- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: Paul Jackson <[email protected]>
- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <[email protected]>
- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: Denis Vlasenko <[email protected]>
- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: Coywolf Qi Hunt <[email protected]>
- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: Coywolf Qi Hunt <[email protected]>
- Re: Use enum to declare errno values
  - From: Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>

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