[linux-dvb] [PATCH] Multi protocol support

[Johannes Stezenbach]

On Sat, Apr 15, 2006, Manu Abraham wrote:
> Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> >Manu Abraham wrote:
> >>+typedef enum {
> >>+       FE_TRANSPORT,
> >>+       FE_GENERIC_PACKET,
> >>+       FE_GENERIC_CONTINUOUS,
> >>+       FE_RESERVED
> >>+} fe_bbheader_t;
> >
> >See dmx_bbheader_t.
> >
> >IIRC it was discouraged to introduce new typedefs.
> 
> The idea of discouraging typedef's was for typedefining a struct IIRC

No, typedefs should only be used if you deliberately want to
_hide_ the true data type. Consider:

  foo_t bar;	// wtf is it?
vs.
  enum foo bar;	// it's an enum


That said, with all the legacy typedefs in the DVB API, the question
is whether consistency is more important than avoiding typdefs...


Johannes