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		ndesaulniers on May 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Green Threads Explained In the code listing on the 4th page [0], why is MaxGThreads and StackSize wrapped in an enum? I would use an enum when I might want some values to be mutually exclusive. Seems like these values aren't even used in the same context? I would use static const ints. [0] https://c9x.me/articles/gthreads/code0.html

caf on May 30, 2017 [–]

Because in C (as opposed to C++), a static const int is not a compile-time constant (so you can't use it in places like switch case labels).

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