Re: [PATCH] 2.5.27 enum

From: James H. Cloos Jr. (cloos@jhcloos.com)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 01:44:59 EST


bcrl> Please don't apply this. By leaving the trailing "," on enums,
bcrl> additional values can be added by merely inserting an additional
bcrl> + line in a patch, otherwise there are excess conflicts when
bcrl> multiple patches add values to the enum.

davem> I totally agree.

Is my memory hosed or was there some years back a patch that
specifically *added* the trailing commas to the tree, for the express
reasons Ben mentions above?

-JimC

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