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| author | Philipp Matthias Schaefer <philipp.matthias.schaefer@posteo.de> | 2016-01-29 19:49:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Kamal Marhubi <kamal@marhubi.com> | 2016-02-01 16:24:19 -0500 |
| commit | c3cecb8e42e4593f55f6d57218fd0a346e481654 (patch) | |
| tree | 4183a9dd922df85202ae3e6c8d43328abc64c841 /CONVENTIONS.md | |
| parent | 9382f342a37f59b099e1c6a69a946e20c9f5ee41 (diff) | |
| download | nix-c3cecb8e42e4593f55f6d57218fd0a346e481654.zip | |
Add file detailing conventions for nix.
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diff --git a/CONVENTIONS.md b/CONVENTIONS.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dcdb2cec --- /dev/null +++ b/CONVENTIONS.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# Bitflags + +We represent sets of constants whose values are mutually exclusive on a bit +level -- that is, for all flags `A` and `B` of the set with `A != B` holds +`A & B = 0` -- by types defined using the `bitflags!` macro from the +[bitflags crate](https://crates.io/crates/bitflags/). +Instead of providing the concrete values ourselves, we prefer taking the +constants defined in [libc crate](https://crates.io/crates/libc/). |