[Swan-dev] enum message_role

[Andrew Cagney]

Did you read the comment above the definition?

On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 at 11:58, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
>
> Why do the "real" values start at 3?
>
> In general, I prefer to let the compiler pick values of enums.  (Of course
> that makes no sense if the values are specified by the IETF.)
>
> - the compiler makes fewer mistakes
>    (I think that we have had bugs where the same value was asssigned
>    twice.)
>
> - it removes a burden from the programmer
>
> - it leaves unimportant details out of the code
>
> - it indicates that the values are unimportant
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