The new core.sys.windows

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 14 October 2015 at 21:52:05 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:


> For example: usage of named enums. In C, all enums (or 
> #defines) all live within the name namespace, with a prefix 
> serving as the disambiguating "namespace", and all are 
> implicitly convertible to each other. In many places, the 
> bindings use named enums instead, which provides the advantage 
> of strong typing - if a function accepts a parameter of a 
> certain enum, you cannot accidentally pass a member of another 
> enum.
>

I think named enums are a bad idea. For one thing, it's 
inconsistent with the other system modules. For another, it's a 
pain point for porting existing C code to D. If they are kept, 
then at the very least aliases ought to be provided.