• C. Sauls (21/21) Apr 17 2004 Are enum's not allowed to derive from char[]? The following generates
• J C Calvarese (7/30) Apr 17 2004 I think enums are only allowed to be uint or int, but I'm not sure
• Walter (4/6) Apr 17 2004 No, only integral types. It's a bug in the documentation, and a bug in t...
• Kris (5/26) Apr 17 2004 .. and you can't (currently) use version{} inside an enum; would be hand...
• Walter (6/8) Apr 17 2004 if
• Kris (6/14) Apr 18 2004 Oh, I just meant that it could be convenient at times; I wouldn't want t...

"C. Sauls" <ibisbasenji yahoo.com> writes:

Are enum's not allowed to derive from char[]?  The following generates 
the given errors:

------------------------------constants.d
  16: enum EXT : char[] {
  17:     version (Win32) {
  18:         SRC = "d",
  19:         OBJ = "obj",	
  20:         LIB = "lib"
  21:     }
  22:
  23:     version (linux) {
  24:         SRC = "d",
  25:         OBJ = "o",	
  26:         LIB = "a"
  27:     }
  28: }
------------------------------
constants.d(16): { enum members } expected
constants.d(16): Declaration expected, not '['

-C. Sauls
-Invironz

J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:

C. Sauls wrote:
 Are enum's not allowed to derive from char[]?  The following generates 
 the given errors:
 
 ------------------------------constants.d
  16: enum EXT : char[] {
  17:     version (Win32) {
  18:         SRC = "d",
  19:         OBJ = "obj",   
  20:         LIB = "lib"
  21:     }
  22:
  23:     version (linux) {
  24:         SRC = "d",
  25:         OBJ = "o",   
  26:         LIB = "a"
  27:     }
  28: }
 ------------------------------
 constants.d(16): { enum members } expected
 constants.d(16): Declaration expected, not '['
 
 -C. Sauls
 -Invironz

I think enums are only allowed to be uint or int, but I'm not sure 
because "enum Name : type" hasn't been documented yet (or the 
documentation has been lost).

-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
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 C. Sauls wrote:
 Are enum's not allowed to derive from char[]?


No, only integral types. It's a bug in the documentation, and a bug in the
compiler.

"Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> writes:

.. and you can't (currently) use version{} inside an enum; would be handy if
you could.

- Kris

"C. Sauls" <ibisbasenji yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 Are enum's not allowed to derive from char[]?  The following generates
 the given errors:

 ------------------------------constants.d
   16: enum EXT : char[] {
   17:     version (Win32) {
   18:         SRC = "d",
   19:         OBJ = "obj",
   20:         LIB = "lib"
   21:     }
   22:
   23:     version (linux) {
   24:         SRC = "d",
   25:         OBJ = "o",
   26:         LIB = "a"
   27:     }
   28: }
 ------------------------------
 constants.d(16): { enum members } expected
 constants.d(16): Declaration expected, not '['

 -C. Sauls
 -Invironz

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> wrote in message
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 .. and you can't (currently) use version{} inside an enum; would be handy

if
 you could.

Matthew argued for this as well, but I don't agree. Visually, it looks
cluttered to put versions down at such a low level. Version differences
should be at a higher level.

"Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> writes:

Oh, I just meant that it could be convenient at times; I wouldn't want to
argue over such an idiosyncrasy when there's bigger fish to fry; such as
additional AA properties to pre-allocate and clear ... <g>



"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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 "Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> wrote in message
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 .. and you can't (currently) use version{} inside an enum; would be


handy
 if
 you could.

 Matthew argued for this as well, but I don't agree. Visually, it looks
 cluttered to put versions down at such a low level. Version differences
 should be at a higher level.