Hmm - about manifest/enum

[Sean Kelly]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> 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
> }

err... assume there are values assigned to the members above.


Sean