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Re: Warnings about error_t in glibc on GNU/Hurd


From: Roland McGrath
Subject: Re: Warnings about error_t in glibc on GNU/Hurd
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:53:24 -0700 (PDT)

> I'd suggest to go with the simple ESUCCESS instead of spending some more
> months ;-) thinking about a "more suitable" name.  

That is indisputably reasonable, but I did just find myself spending a few
minutes thinking about what name would be more suitable. ;-)

> +     /* Avoid warning: case value '0' not in enumerated type 'error_t'.  */
> +     ESUCCESS = 0,

I don't think this is the right comment.  If anybody reads this comment at
all, that doesn't tell them much.  Perhaps something like:

/* The value zero always means success and it is perfectly fine for
   code to use 0 explicitly (or implicitly, e.g. via Boolean coercion).
   Having an enum entry for zero both makes the debugger print the name
   for error_t-typed zero values, and prevents the compiler from issuing
   warnings about 'case 0:' in a switch on an error_t-typed value.  */




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