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Written: 25 Nov. 2020
Updated: 28 Feb. 2021
regular enum vs enum class test
Shared link: https://onlinegdb.com/Hkwn_lqzd
References:
1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8357240/how-to-automatically-convert-strongly-typed-enum-into-int
1. [my ans]https://stackoverflow.com/a/65014885/4561887
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#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
// enum class (AKA: "strong" or "scoped" enum [available only in C++, not C])
enum class my_enum
{
A = 0,
B,
C,
};
// regular enum (AKA: "weak" or "C-style" enum [available in BOTH C and C++])
enum my_enum2
{
MY_ENUM_A = 0,
MY_ENUM_B,
MY_ENUM_C,
};
int main()
{
printf("Hello World\n");
// 1) scoped enum
my_enum e = my_enum::A; // scoped through `my_enum::`
e = my_enum::B;
// IMPLICIT CASTING TO INT IS NOT ALLOWED!
// int i = e; // "error: cannot convert ‘my_enum’ to ‘int’ in initialization"
// But this explicit C++-style cast works fine:
int i1 = static_cast<int>(e);
// This explicit C-style cast works fine too, and is easier to read
int i2 = (int)e;
// 2) regular enum
my_enum2 e2 = MY_ENUM_A; // scoped through `MY_ENUM_`
e2 = MY_ENUM_B;
// This implicit cast works fine / IS allowed on C-style enums!
int i3 = e2;
// These explicit casts are also fine, but explicit casting is NOT
// required for regular enums.
int i4 = static_cast<int>(e2); // explicit C++-style cast
int i5 = (int)e2; // explicit C-style cast
return 0;
}
