Subj : Re: enumerated variables - how to coerce them to anything else than an Int ?
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : John F\(dot\)
Date : Mon Oct 10 2005 09:03 pm


"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:434a4dc7$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Hello all,
>
>  I've got a structure (not designed by me) that consists outof a number of
> longs.  Several of it's members contain enumerated data, like { default,
> yes, no }.
>
> I would like to make sure that I normally cannot put anything else in the
> structure-member than what's permitted for it, but have hit a snag : I do
> not seem to be able to enumerate anything else than Int's (the compiler's
> default).
>
> My question : Is here a way to overrule that default setting so I can 
> create
> enumerated longs or chars ?   (My search on the Web did not turn up 
> anything
> other than "it's not available")

Hello Rudy,

although some compilers allow long values to be stored as enums like

enum
{
    x = 1L,
    y = 1234567L
}X;

BUT: it is _not_ standard C99 (or C++ AFAIK...).

So there is no way to tell if its still compatible... just try. Most 
compilers produce warnings on that. Some don't.
Chars are not possible AFAIK...

regards
John

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