From: leslie.polzer@gmx.net
To: Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux C Programming List <linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: enum types and casting
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:26:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070504112653.GB11947@wintermute.farpoint> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46342FCA.1090400@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:10:26AM +0530, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> 1. Are enums allowed as types only in C++ and not in C?
They are part of ANSI C.
> gcc rejects using an enum as a type whereas g++ accepts it.
Not really. You need to say "enum BODY body".
> When the target enum of the cast contains no name that has the same
> integer value as the value being casted, how does g++ accept the cast?
> Is this expected behaviour or a bug?
You are doing C style casts here, which you shouldn't.
The compiler will warn you at best, but in the end he will handle
everything as raw bytes.
Leslie
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-04 11:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-29 5:40 enum types and casting Shriramana Sharma
2007-05-04 11:26 ` leslie.polzer [this message]
2007-05-04 12:18 ` Steve Graegert
2007-05-16 18:37 ` Shriramana Sharma
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