Re: Intel icc finds too many errors in guile 1.8.8 to compile

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

[...]

>> So these could become, say:
>>
>>   enum scm_dynwind_flags
>>   {
>>     SCM_F_DYNWIND_NOT_REWINDABLE = 0,
>>     SCM_F_DYNWIND_NOT_REWINDABLE
>>   };
>>
>>   typedef enum scm_dynwind_flags scm_t_dynwind_flags;
>>
>>   enum scm_wind_flags
>>   {
>>     SCM_F_WIND_NON_LOCAL_EXIT = 0,
>>     SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY
>>   };
>>
>>   typedef enum scm_wind_flags scm_t_wind_flags;
>
> But wouldn't this approach break as soon as we added another flag, in
> the way that I described in my previous email?

Yes it would.

But the underlying question is: is the set of flags likely to change?
If the answer is “no” (which I think it is), it’s probably safe to go
for an ‘enum’, as these flags cannot be combined anyway.

Thanks,
Ludo’.