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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Managing error strings in C
Message-ID: <14891@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 17 Jan 91 23:30:27 GMT
References: <1991Jan10.122227@lotus.lotus.com> <1991Jan15.212017.25308@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <689@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
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In article <689@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes:
>I have heard arguments against using enum which go "it wasn't there when I
>started using C".

The arguments that I have heard are:
	(1) It wasn't in K&R 1st Edition, so many existing compilers
	don't support it.
	(2) It was misimplemented in many compilers (notably some
	releases of PCC), so it is difficult to use.

I agree that if you can count on enum support that works right, it is
a valuable language construct.  For maximum portability at present you
might want to avoid using it, however.