Hmm - about manifest/enum
Sean Kelly
sean at f4.ca
Tue Jan 1 07:15:02 PST 2008
Walter Bright wrote:
> Derek Parnell wrote:
>
>> The current decision to reuse 'enum' for manifest constants is yet
>> another
>> example of a designer believing that their intuition is better than their
>> customers', regardless of any evidence to the contrary. Please reconsider
>> that there might be a remote possibility that this decision is actually
>> wrong in this case; 'enum' is not the best choice for developers when it
>> comes to declaring manifest constants.
>
> There are a number of people who strongly feel it is the correct
> decision who are not vocal about it.
I don't suppose the use of 'enum' in this context has had any impact on
named enumerations? ie. We still cannot have a named enum which
contains strings, correct? Also, are traditional unnamed enums still legal?
enum
{
a, b, c
}
enum : long
{
d, e, f
}
Sean
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