Is enum static?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 01:19:44AM +0200, bearophile wrote:
> Ali Çehreli:
> 
> >More than that. :) enums are manifest constants.
> >
> >Imagine that enum as being pasted into source code as is. This
> >used to have surprising effects for AAs, as an enum AA would be
> >instantiated from scratch everywhere that AA enum was used in the
> >code.
> 
> I think that some time ago Don has proposed to disallow the 'enum'
> tag for things like AAs, on the base that such behavour is not
> efficient, surprising, and maybe even not useful... I don't know
> where his proposal has gone later.
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I think we should disallow it. It's surprising behaviour for someone who
doesn't know how it's implemented.


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