enum behaivor. another rehash of the topic

[monarch_dodra]

On Sunday, 15 December 2013 at 15:01:47 UTC, Tommi wrote:
>
> I'd rather do this:
>
> namespace CheckerBoardColorNamespace
> {
>     enum CheckerBoardColor { Red, Black };
> };
> using CheckerBoardColorNamespace::CheckerBoardColor;
>
> auto v = CheckerBoardColor::Red;
>
> int main()
> {
>     using namespace CheckerBoardColorNamespace;
>     auto v = Red;
> }
>
> ...and you get to have a nice name for the enum type.

That's a C++11 extension. "CheckerBoardColor::Red" is not a legal
value. There are no scoped enums in C++98/03.

That said, nice trick for "using namespace
CheckerBoardColorNamespace;" It's a nice way to emulate "with".
Too bad this means the enum (AFAIK) can't be strongly C++11-stlye
typed.

BTH though, if I had C++11 in my workplace, I'd just class it and
move on.