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From: fengchengwen <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 09:22:06 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1454bed2-02e9-4d32-99b6-ca886113f62f@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250527092113.903910-4-bruce.richardson@intel.com>

It looks more clear and user-friendly for splitting the flag.
Acked-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>

On 2025/5/27 17:21, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> The use of lists of #defines with _MAX entries at the end causes issues
> for ABI compatibility as those MAX values often leak through to
> applications and can cause issues when changed.
> 
> We can rework the code to increase type safety by splitting the flags
> field and using enums for each set of values explicitly:
> 
> * One enum for whether an argument takes a parameter or not (or
>   optionally takes one)
> * One enum for the type of the argument.
> * A separate flags field for any additional info - right now this is
>   only to indicate an argument can appear more than once.
> 
> The use of the MAX field is no longer necessary using the enums as we
> can use an inline function with a switch statement to check for valid
> values. Compilers like GCC will warn when an enum value is missing from
> the switch statement, easing future maintenance if enum values are
> added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2025-06-04  1:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-27  9:21 [PATCH 0/3] argparse additions and rework Bruce Richardson
2025-05-27  9:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] argparse: add support for string and boolean args Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03  8:36   ` fengchengwen
2025-05-27  9:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03  8:44   ` fengchengwen
2025-06-03 15:33     ` Bruce Richardson
2025-05-27  9:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists Bruce Richardson
2025-06-04  1:22   ` fengchengwen [this message]
2025-05-29 15:09 ` [PATCH 0/3] argparse additions and rework Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 " Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] argparse: add support for string and boolean args Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] argparse: make argparse EAL-args compatible Bruce Richardson
2025-06-03 15:32   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] argparse: use enums to remove max-value defines in lists Bruce Richardson
2025-06-04  1:37   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] argparse additions and rework fengchengwen

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