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commit ca2054920547c502bd77ccc77a585a99bc04cf02
parent 6c1a7649e26079337aff8d33330f893a4a4a6ff3
Author: sin <sin@2f30.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:24:51 +0000

style: Add info about enums + #defines

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suckless.org/style.md
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diff --git a/suckless.org/style.md b/suckless.org/style.md
@@ -146,3 +146,16 @@ Handling Errors
 * `return` or `exit` early on failures instead of multiple nested levels
 * Unreachable code should have a NOTREACHED comment
 * Think long and hard on whether or not you should cleanup on fatal errors
+
+Enums vs #define
+----------------
+* Use enums for values that are grouped semantically and #define otherwise.
+
+		#define MAXSZ  4096
+		#define MAGIC1 0xdeadbeef
+
+		enum {
+			DIRECTION_X,
+			DIRECTION_Y,
+			DIRECTION_Z
+		};