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Per Sandberg <persan.sandberg@gmail.com> writes:

> That's the problem when going from an untyped language with MACROS to
> a typed language with constants.
> In my experience a working way to get the "types" correct is a to do a
> higher level of binding, that way those ambiguities usually sort them
> self out.

Indeed.

As an alternative translation, which allows the compiler to decide,

   function VK_WHOLE_SIZE return Unsigned_64 is (not 0);
   function VK_WHOLE_SIZE return Unsigned_32 is (not 0);
   function VK_WHOLE_SIZE return Unsigned_16 is (not 0);
   function VK_WHOLE_SIZE return Unsigned_8 is (not 0);