Subj : Re: enumerated variables - how to coerce them to anything else than an Int ? To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : R.Wieser Date : Mon Oct 10 2005 10:27 pm John F(dot) schreef in berichtnieuws 434aac6b@newsgroups.borland.com... Hello John, > although some compilers allow long values to be stored as enums like [snip] Thanks for the suggestion. Alas, although it does not generate an error, the resulting variable is still an Int :-/ Regards, Rudy Wieser .