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Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case

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Subject Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>>On 23/10/2025 18:15, Thiago Adams wrote:
>>> On 10/23/2025 12:06 PM, David Brown wrote:
>
>>People do this regularly.  Personally, I usually prefer to have the 
>>"last", "max", or "count" indicator outside the enumeration :
>>
>>	enum E1 { A, B, C, D };
>>	static const int count_of_E1 = D;
>
> D has the value '3', yet there are four elements in the
> set.  Perhaps the name should be count_of_E1_minus_1?
>
> How do you use count_of_E1 in this case?
>
> Too bad 'sizeof' doesn't work on typed enums.

sizeof works just fine on typed enums.  It just doesn't tell you how
many members it has.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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bugprone-switch-missing-default-case pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2025-10-22 10:56 +0200
  Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-22 11:32 +0200
    Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2025-10-22 12:44 +0100
      Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-10-22 10:05 -0300
        Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-22 18:22 +0000
          Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-23 09:12 +0200
            Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 08:03 -0300
              Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-23 17:06 +0200
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 13:15 -0300
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-10-23 17:46 +0100
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 14:12 -0300
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-23 22:40 +0200
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-10-23 20:51 +0000
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 16:21 -0700
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-24 08:59 +0200
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-10-24 15:51 +0000
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2025-10-23 23:57 +0200
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-24 09:22 +0200
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-10-23 23:23 +0000
                Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-24 09:53 +0200
      Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-22 15:41 +0200
        Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-22 16:05 +0200
          Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-22 17:23 +0200
            Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-23 04:54 +0200
              Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-23 09:30 +0200
            Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-10-23 22:40 +0000
        Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-22 12:41 -0700
          Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 08:47 +0200
            Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 16:17 -0700
              Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 19:13 -0700
          Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-23 10:44 +0200
      Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-22 15:56 +0200
        Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-22 17:25 +0200
          Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-23 04:39 +0200
            Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-23 09:08 +0200
          Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-23 16:31 -0700
            Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-24 10:09 +0200
  Re: bugprone-switch-missing-default-case Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-22 18:13 +0000

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