On Wednesday, 14 October 2015 at 21:52:05 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
For example: usage of named enums. In C, all enums (or
#defines) all live within the name namespace, with a prefix
serving as the disambiguating "namespace", and all are
implicitly convertible to each other. In many places, the
bindings use named enums instead, which provides the advantage
of strong typing - if a function accepts a parameter of a
certain enum, you cannot accidentally pass a member of another
enum.
I think named enums are a bad idea. For one thing, it's
inconsistent with the other system modules. For another, it's a
pain point for porting existing C code to D. If they are kept,
then at the very least aliases ought to be provided.
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