Re: Is 'enum Colour : int { red, green, blue };' legal?

From:
"Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:45:50 +0200
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"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> skrev i meddelandet
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Jorn Ronnow wrote:

I'm a bit confused here, since the help in M$ Visual Studio 2005
states the syntax for enum as:

enum [tag] [: type] {enum-list} [declarator];

So, it would be possible to write:

enum Protocol_t : unsigned char { ICMP = 1, TCP = 6, UDP = 17 };
struct IPHeader {
 // ...
 Protocol_t Protocol;
 // ...
};

It sounds like an M$ specific extension to me, but it's not listed
as
such in VS2005's help section "Microsoft Extensions to C and C++".
On
the other hand, it's not included in Schildt's "C++: The Complete
Reference" (4th ed, 2003).


First and foremost, good that you asked here. At least
knowledgeable
people will read and answer. AFAIK, the "[: type]" is non-standard.


But it is *a* standard, ECMA-372 The C++/CLI language

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-372.htm

Confusing, isn't it? :-)

Bo Persson

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