Re: Bug#320630: libc6-dev: /usr/include/sys/socket.h broken with g++ 4.x
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 10:01:14PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-07-30 22:07:42 +0300, Jaakko Niemi <liiwi@lonesom.pp.fi> wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg01486.html
> > > >
> > > > for more discussion about this. So, please just ditch the
> > > > enum and leave #defines.
> > >
> > > No, changing headers that way is a bad idea. Fix your program to
> > > not assume whether constants are anonymous unions or defines.
> >
> > What is the enum needed for?
>
> enums are generally a good think and underestimated. They for example
> allow the compiler to check switch() statements if all possible input is
> handled there.
Not generally relevant for unnamed enums.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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