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Re: enum escaping keywords

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On 2011-07-22 19:19:31 +0200, Balog Pal said:

> "Philipp Kraus" <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de>
>> I create a enum type with language codes like:
>> enum lang {
>> en,
>> it,
>> de,
>> asm,
>> or
>> }
>> 
>> but some codes are keywords (asm, or). How can I escape them, so that I 
>> can use them like
>> lang::or or lang::asm ?
> 
> Those are reserved words. You can not use them as identifiers. chose a 
> different form like Asm, asm_, l_asm, ...

Is there no other solution !? Because the language codes are defined in 
the ISO 639, so I would like to use the defined
codes as a enum value. I wouldn't create a own value

Thx

Phil

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enum escaping keywords Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2011-07-22 18:52 +0200
  Re: enum escaping keywords "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-07-22 19:19 +0200
    Re: enum escaping keywords Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2011-07-22 19:35 +0200
      Re: enum escaping keywords Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-07-22 13:52 -0400
  Re: enum escaping keywords James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 13:02 -0700
  Re: enum escaping keywords "James" <no@spam.invalid> - 2011-07-22 16:37 -0700

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