[C/C++][Tip] Using long and important 'enum'..

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This is tip to define 'enum' that has quite lots of items and important information - ex thread id, event id, etc...

(*1)

// File : "main"

enum
{
    enum01,
    enum02,
    ...
}
...

This is not recommended.
How about using following way?

(*2)

// File : "enum.h "

DEF_ENUM(enum01)
DEF_ENUM(enum02)
...

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// File : "main

#define DEF_ENUM(x)   x,
enum
{
    #include "enum.h"
}
#undef DEF_ENUM

Why this way is better? Let's assume that you want to print 'enum' values.
In (*1) case, only number value can be printed. But in (*2) case, even enum name - string - can be easily printed by following way.

// File : "Enum_str.c"

#define DEF_ENUM(x)   #x,
static const char* enum_str[] =
{
    #include "enum.h"
};
...

printf("%s", enum_str[enum_id]);

It is good, isn't it?
Except for this, you can find other lots of useful ways by using macro.