> On 29 Apr 2016, at 14:30, Juergen Schoenwaelder 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:19:08PM +0200, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
>> 
>> The problem here is that enum statements aren't really restrictions but 
>> rather specify the new set of values. It would be kind of discontinuos: with
>> 
>> typedef bar {
>> type foo {
>>  enum one;
>>  enum two;
>> }
>> }
>> 
>> the "bar" set would be {one, two}. If I remove the "enum two;" statement, 
>> the set would be just {one}, but then if I remove the "enum one;" statement, 
>> the set would again become {one, two}.
>> 
> 
> So what? Apparently, being able to use foo without having to repeat
> all values of foo is the main reason to define foo in the first place.

So what about this:

typedef bar {
 type foo {
   enum one {
     if-feature fancy;
   }
 }
}

If "fancy" feature is supported then the "bar" set is {one}. But if it isn't 
supported, then what?

Lada

> 
> /js
> 
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