Re: [PATCH 4/6] staging: pi433: Rename enum optionOnOff in rf69_enum.h

[Simon SandstrÃm]

On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 06:49:40PM +0200, Marcus Wolf wrote:
> 
> Hi Simon,
Hi,

> 
> thanks for your effort.
> 
> I have two questions:
> * According to my practical experiance, enums were always written in lower
> case. Does kernel style guide ask for upper case for enums?
Yes. From Documentation/process/coding-style.rst: "Names of macros
defining constants and labels in enums are capitalized". 

> For me upper case indicates, that this value will be processed by
> preprocessor, not by compiler. So I used it for define constants and macros
> so far...
For me a upper case identifier indicates something that has a constant
value. Therefore I think it makes sense that enum labels are
capitalized.

> * The enums are the interface to user space. Isn't it necessary to increse
> the interface version number on every change of the enums?
> Or can we stay with old version number, since order of the enums is
> untouched?
Good question. I read the note about having to change ioctl number if
the contents of the struct ever change, but is this also true if only
the name of a variable change? I mean, the actual content is still the
same.

I will investigate this more and get back to you.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marcus

Regards,
Simon