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From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
Subject: Re: share/private/slave a subtree - define vs enum
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 20:03:03 +0200
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Previously Bryan Henderson wrote:
> Two advantages of the enum declaration that haven't been mentioned yet, 
> that help me significantly:

There is another one: with enums the compiler checks types for you.

Wichert.

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