ares_status_t enum for status codes #567
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The list of possible error codes in c-ares was a #define list. This not only doesn't provide for any sort of type safety but it also lacks clarification on what a function may return or what it takes, as an
int
could be an ares status, a boolean, or possibly even a length in the current code.We are not changing any public APIs as though the C standard states the underlying size and type of an enum is
int
, there are compiler attributes to override this as well as compiler flags like-fshort-enums
. GCC in particular is known to expand an enum's width based on the data values (e.g., it can emit a 64bit integer enum).All internal usages should be changed by this PR, but of course, there may be some I missed.
Fix By: Brad House (@bradh352)