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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: redeclaration of enumerators?
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
[...]
> With strong enumerations, you shouldn't even be thinking of them as
> having an integer value - it doesn't make sense to compare the "value"
> of a "colours" enumeration element with one from a "lights" enumeration.
>  That is a large part of the point of having better enumeration types
> than were available in C.

C++ scoped enumeration types do have well-defined integer
representations.  You can even specify them in the declaration:

    enum class foo { zero = 0, one = 1 };

There's no implicit conversion from foo to int, but you can use a cast;
for example (int)foo::zero == 0.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */