Eric Blake wrote:
> > int a = PATH_MAX;
>
> Shouldn't this be:
>
> static int a[PATH_MAX];
Maybe. Or possibly:
enum { a = PATH_MAX };
Are there cases when these three declarations don't all succeed and don't
all fail?
I'm not so familiar with the various classes of constant expressions.
Paul certainly knows better.
> do we also
> want to enforce that it is usable as a preprocessor number, as in
> something like:
>
> #ifdef PATH_MAX
> # if !PATH_MAX
> # error
> # endif
> #endif
I have no objection against that. It appears safe on all platforms.
Bruno
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