Re: MySql coding style: Request for deprecation of UPPERCASE typedefs

[Sergei Golubchik]

Hi, Tor!

On Jun 22, Tor Didriksen wrote:
> hi
>
> "Structure types are typedef'ed to an all-upper-case identifier."
> Can someone explain the reasoning behind this?
> ALL_UPPERCASE_NAME says DANGEROUS_THIS_IS_A_MACRO to me, rather than
> struct/class.
>
> typedef struct foo { ... } FOO;
> Is legacy C-style, and does not belong in a C++ style guide (imho).

MySQL isn't all C++.

What about the reasoning of avoiding two completely different coding
styles in different parts of the server ?

Regards / Mit vielen Grüßen,
Sergei

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