+/* Assuming that TYPE is a discrete type and VAL is a valid integer
+ representation of a value of this type, save the corresponding
+ position number in POS.
+
+ Its differs from VAL only in the case of enumeration types. In
+ this case, the position number of the value of the first listed
+ enumeration literal is zero; the position number of the value of
+ each subsequent enumeration literal is one more than that of its
+ predecessor in the list.
+
+ Return 1 if the operation was successful. Return zero otherwise,
+ in which case the value of POS is unmodified.
+*/
+
+int
+discrete_position (struct type *type, LONGEST val, LONGEST *pos)
+{
+ if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_ENUM)
+ {
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < TYPE_NFIELDS (type); i += 1)
+ {
+ if (val == TYPE_FIELD_ENUMVAL (type, i))
+ {
+ *pos = i;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ /* Invalid enumeration value. */
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ *pos = val;
+ return 1;
+ }
+}
+