[Xcb] RFC: Altenum updates for xcb/proto

[Eyal Alaluf]

How about "Nullable"? It is already in use in .Net and I think also in
XML.

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[mailto:xcb-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Peter Harris
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:16 PM
To: Julien Danjou
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Subject: Re: [Xcb] RFC: Altenum updates for xcb/proto

Julien Danjou wrote:
> At 1235075347 time_t, Peter Harris wrote:
>> Suggestions for a better name are particularly welcome.
> 
> AnyValue?
> 
> That's a suggestion. :)

The fundamental dilemma I'm having is the rift between an enum name that
is descriptive when reading the XML ("MayBeNone" vs "AnyValue" or
"Untyped") and an enum name that doesn't look ugly once libxcb is done
with it (XCB_MAY_BE_NONE_NONE vs XCB_ANY_VALUE_NONE or
XCB_UNTYPED_NONE).

On the basis that generated bindings are (hopefully) used a lot more
often than the .xml files are read by humans, I'm starting to lean
toward "Untyped".

In the hope that I'm missing something obvious that will make both the
xml and the generated bindings beautiful, I'm going to ask again: Can
anyone think of a better name? Please?

Thanks,
 Peter Harris
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