Hi,

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:59:05 +0200 Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:26:29 -0600 Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Lothar,
> > 
> > On 20 June 2017 at 04:25, Lothar Waßmann <l...@karo-electronics.de> wrote:
> > > LCD_MAX_WIDTH, LCD_MAX_HEIGHT and LCD_MAX_LSBPP are not alternative
> > > values for one specific variable, but unrelated entities with distinct
> > > purposes. There is no use defining them as values of an 'enum'.
> > 
> > Can you explain why #define is better? I prefer enum since they are a
> > compiler construct instead of preprocessor (thus no need for brackets,
> > no strange conversion things) and the debugger knows about them.
> > 
> An enum defines alternative values for one specific entity (e.g.
> clauses for a switch construct), but not a collection of arbitrary data
> items.
> 
> > > The 'enum' construct would fail miserably for an LCD controller that
> > > has a square max. frame size (e.g. 4096x4096).
> > 
> > What does this mean? I don't understand sorry.
> > 
> Try your enum with MAX_LCD_WITDH == MAC_LCD_HEIGHT.
> 
Are you still not convinced, that the use of 'enum' is inappropriate in
this context?


Lothar Waßmann
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