[llvm-dev] llvm::cl::opt and enums

[Martin J. O'Riordan via llvm-dev]

I was adding a new option for our backend, and because of the nature of the
option I wanted to use an 'enum', something like:

 

enum Direction {

  left,

  right,

  up,

  down

};

 

cl:opt<Direction> myOpt("option-switch", cl::init(up), cl::desc("what it
does"), cl::Hidden);

 

This bit is fine, but then I wanted to change it on the command-line to
'clang' and tried:

 

clang ... -mllvm -option-switch=3 ...

but that doesn't work, and I get something like "invalid option '3'".  If I
change the type to 'int' it works fine.  Is it valid to use an 'enum' in
this way?  And if so, what is the correct way of specifying a value to the
option if I do use an 'enum' for the type?

 

Thanks,

 

            MartinO

 

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