Re: Warnings about error_t in glibc on GNU/Hurd

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hi!

On Wed, 29 May 2013 15:53:24 -0700 (PDT), Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> 
wrote:
> > +   /* 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.  */

Thanks; pushed as commit 883359805325a82f4f291ff85624f141f6c93636 using
your above words.


Grüße,
 Thomas

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