Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration

From	Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com>
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration
Date	2018-10-26 20:30 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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pozz wrote:
> enum type_t {
>    TYPE_1,
>    TYPE_2,
>    ...
>    TYPE_100,
> }
> 
> void tx_byte(unsigned char c);
> 
> enum type_t t;
> ...
> tx_byte((unsigned char)t);
> 
> 
> If the maximum value in the enumeration is lower than 256, you can cast 
> to (unsigned char) and transmit it as a byte.
> 
> 
> However the receiver must have the same enumeration.  The transmitter 
> and the receiver must agreed on *the exact values* of the enumeration.
> 
> What happens if the developer of the transmitter thinks that it is 
> better to swap some values during a future release?  The enumeration 
> isn't used only for transmission, it is also used for general logic of 
> the software.
> 
> Until now I didn't found a good solution.  I only write some comments 
> before the enumeration declaration:
> 
> /* WARNING!! DON'T CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE VALUES INSIDE ENUMERATION
>   * They are also used in the transmission */
> 
> I sometimes prefer explicit the value transmitted:
> 
> if (t == TYPE_1) tx_byte(0);
> if (t == TYPE_2) tx_byte(1);
> ...
> 
> 
> What is your strategy?


char *type_t_strings[]  = {
"TYPE_1",
"TYPE_2",
...
"TYPE_100",
};

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Les Cargill

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How to transmit the value of an enumeration pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 13:18 +0200
  Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Jack <jack4747@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 04:45 -0700
    Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 15:18 +0200
      Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-24 17:05 +0200
  Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-24 15:10 +0200
    Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 15:27 +0200
      Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-24 16:59 +0200
      Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-10-25 08:57 +1100
  Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Joe Chisolm <jchisolm6@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-24 12:48 -0500
    Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 23:20 +0200
      Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Joe Chisolm <jchisolm6@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-24 22:21 -0500
    Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-25 09:31 +0200
      Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2018-10-25 09:58 -0700
      Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Joe Chisolm <jchisolm6@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-25 18:38 -0500
        Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-10-26 09:24 +0200
  Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2018-10-24 15:19 -0400
  Re: How to transmit the value of an enumeration Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-10-26 20:30 -0500

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