netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: do not manually initialize enumerators

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Date:	Sat, 1 Jun 2013 22:05:09 -0600
From:	Jean Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: do not manually initialize enumerators

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:24:14 -0700
>
> On Sat, 2013-06-01 at 21:18 -0600, Jean Sacren wrote:
> > From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> > Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:40:03 -0700
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2013-06-01 at 20:23 -0600, Jean Sacren wrote:
> > > > Clean up unnecessary initialization of enumerators as the compiler takes
> > > > care of that.
> > > []
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
> > > []
> > > >  enum sock_shutdown_cmd {
> > > > -	SHUT_RD		= 0,
> > > > -	SHUT_WR		= 1,
> > > > -	SHUT_RDWR	= 2,
> > > > +	SHUT_RD,
> > > > +	SHUT_WR,
> > > > +	SHUT_RDWR,
> > > >  };
> > > 
> > > The compiler may do the same thing,
> > > but specificity is good.
> > 
> > Thank you for your input. Could you elaborate on 'specificity' in this
> > specific case?
> 
> Wpecifically, it's easier to see what the particular
> SHUT_<foo> value is when you grep for without looking
> through and counting the entire enum.

You don't need to look through and count. 'wc -l' shall tell and it's a
very small number.

With the specificity, it undervalues the power of the order of those
three enumerators. Nevertheless, I enjoyed learning from you and it's
better than SNL.

-- 
Jean Sacren
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