Enums, bitfields and wl_arrays

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:19:43 -0700
Bill Spitzak <spitzak at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/13/2015 08:18 AM, Erik De Rijcke wrote:
> 
> > Because Java is not C/C++. In Java, enum values are unique by instance
> > alone. It does not have user 'defined' value(s) that make it unique. It
> > *can* have user defined properties (like any object) in addition to
> >   implicit compiler generated enum type specific properties. One of
> > those properties is it's "ordinal". Change the order of the enums and
> > the ordinal property will change, which can cause undefined behavior.
> > Now you need to wonder no more. :)
> 
> The language binding should sort the enum by numerical value and use 
> that to determine the ordinal number. Ie it is based on the numerical 
> value, not on the location in the xml file.

This still has the very same issue if you need to add a new value that
falls between existing values in the sort order.

You dropped all CC's, btw.


Thanks,
pq
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