2 problems I can't get my head around

[Paulo Pinto]

On Monday, 26 November 2012 at 12:40:06 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic 
wrote:
> On 11/26/12, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 1.
>>
>> enum i = 10;
>> pragma(msg, is(i == enum) || is(typeof(i) == enum)); // <- 
>> false?!
>>
>> I can't find a way to identify that i is an enum, not a 
>> variable; can not
>> be assigned, has no address, etc.
>
> It's not an enum, it's a manifest constant.

This is one issue I have with D's enums, they look like C++ 
constant tricks instead of proper enumerations.

Everytime I see just code, I always think why const is not used 
instead.

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Paulo