bitmaps as special enums?

[Stefan (metze) Metzmacher]

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Jelmer Vernooij schrieb:
> Hi Tridge,
> 
> Bitmaps and enums are similar in a lot of cases. I'd like to merge them
> into one type but have an attribute of some sort to indicate that
> multiple values can be used. In other words, I'd like to make bitmaps a
> special kind of enums.
> 
> This has the following advantages:
> 
>  * Less code duplication (distinction is mainly important for the
> wireshark dissector and the print functions). 
>  * Better portability (other IDL compilers don't support bitmaps).
> 
> Since you are the original author of this code, would you object to
> having this changed? Or perhaps any disadvantages to the approach I'm
> proposing that you can think of?

Wasn't I the author of the 'bitmap' feature?
I need to think about it, and will reply more detailed tomorrow...

metze
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