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Re: C11 threads ABI questions - enum values
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 14:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: C11 threads ABI questions - enum values
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> Yes, I think there's some value in being able to track what the
> calling application _asked_ for, e.g. in the debugger, even if the
> request is meaningless from an implementation standpoint.
>
> After thinking about it more, I'm probably mildly in favor of using
> enum constants unrelated to the values of the pthread ones (at least
> not in any official relationship).
I concur on both points.