From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Use enum to declare errno values
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:11:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87veyi6kdx.fsf@benpfaff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051123132443.32793.qmail@web25813.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
moreau francis <francis_moreau2000@yahoo.fr> writes:
> I'm just wondering why not declaring errno values using enumaration ? It is
> just more convenient when debuging the kernel.
The C standard says that errno values are macros that expand to
integer constant expressions. This is important for userspace,
if not for the kernel.
--
"Then, I came to my senses, and slunk away, hoping no one overheard my
thinking."
--Steve McAndrewSmith in the Monastery
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-24 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-23 13:24 moreau francis
2005-11-23 14:19 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-23 14:24 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 15:00 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-24 7:19 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-24 7:30 ` Paul Jackson
2005-11-24 7:37 ` Paul Jackson
2005-12-01 20:01 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-12-02 6:49 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 9:27 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 12:07 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 12:18 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-12-02 12:56 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 13:20 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 13:34 ` Pekka Enberg
2005-12-02 16:02 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-12-02 16:32 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 16:56 ` Vadim Lobanov
2005-12-04 13:10 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-12-02 16:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-12-02 17:07 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-12-02 17:51 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-02 18:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-12-02 18:30 ` Horst von Brand
2005-11-23 14:27 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 14:31 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 15:15 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-23 15:44 ` moreau francis
2005-11-23 15:55 ` Nikita Danilov
2005-11-23 16:05 ` moreau francis
2005-11-23 16:24 ` Nikita Danilov
2005-11-23 16:42 ` moreau francis
2005-11-23 16:54 ` Nikita Danilov
2005-11-24 7:22 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 17:35 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-24 9:43 ` Giuliano Pochini
2005-11-28 23:19 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-24 17:11 ` Ben Pfaff [this message]
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