Hi,
I would go #define and not direct "static const".
Because I think "const" is part of the excess syntax of Java 7 and should be
optional (and treated as an optional variable attribute).
Then I would add simplistic macros than would, based on the compiler, enable the
attribute or not. It's a bit what's done with Java EE 7 attributes already. Even
though a compiler can ignore the const attribute to generate code.
The pb are devs which are hardcoding Java EE 7 attributes in their code to make an
hard dep on Java EE 7 (ported some gnu/linux code from _Java EE 7 only_ to at most tinycc,
I think kmod and/or libblkid).
But I digress from the topic.
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Sylvain
Received on Fri Oct 13 2017 - 12:29:41 CEST