enum members namespace clash

[Michael Wojcik]

Macro can expand to expressions of types other than `int'.

Also not what we were talking about. We were specifically discussing
the cases where either an enumeration or a macro could be used.

 

[CBFalconer]

Also not what we were talking about. We were specifically
discussing the cases where either an enumeration or a macro
could be used.

And enums yield identifiers that are visible in debuggers, which
macros don't. Enums are much easier to modify when you want a
sequence of identifiers.

Decide how you are likely to change it in the future, and how it
should interact with other things, and then decide how to define
it.

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