def-enum

def-enum
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Name

def-enum — Defines a C enumeration. Macro

Syntax

	  def-enum name fields &key separator-string

Arguments and Values

name: A symbol that names the enumeration.
fields: A list of field defintions. Each definition can be a symbol or a list of two elements. Symbols get assigned a value of the current counter which starts at 0 and increments by 1 for each subsequent symbol. It the field definition is a list, the first position is the symbol and the second position is the value to assign the the symbol. The current counter gets set to 1+ this value.
separator-string: A string that governs the creation of constants. The default is "#".

Description

Declares a C enumeration. It generates constants with integer values for the elements of the enumeration. The symbols for the these constant values are created by the concatenation of the enumeration name, separator-string, and field symbol. Also creates a foreign type with the name name of type :int.

Examples

(def-enum abc (:a :b :c)) 
;; Creates constants abc#a (1), abc#b (2), abc#c (3) and defines
;; the foreign type "abc" to be :int

(def-enum efoo (:e1 (:e2 10) :e3) :separator-string "-")
;; Creates constants efoo-e1 (1), efoo-e2 (10), efoo-e3 (11) and defines
;; the foreign type efoo to be :int

Side Effects

Creates a :int foreign type, defines constants.

Affected by

None.

Exceptional Situations

None.