Re: [Vala] enums

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

and why:

public enum Foo.Bar.Cow {
}
public class Foo.Bar {
}

does not compiles?

vala says:

error: syntax error, unexpected ., expecting {



On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:40:38 +0100
pancake <pancake youterm com> wrote:

> It is not possible to define an enum inside a class definition?
>
> public class Foo.Bar
> {
>         enum Constants {
>                 OK       = 0,
>                 ERROR    = 1,
>                 INTERNAL = 2
>         }
>        ...
>
> valac says: 
>
>   "error: syntax error, unexpected enum"
>
> So, i think that definitions like:
>
> public class Foo.Bar
> {
>    enum {
>     OK = 0,
>     ERR = 1,
>     INT = 2
>    }
> }
>
> should be converted into defines like:
>   #define FOO_BAR_OK 0
>   #define FOO_BAR_ERR 1
> ...
>
> this probably breaks the syntax transformation..so..maybe we should
> be able to define anonymous enums and named enums like C does, but for vala:
>
>  - Foo.Bar.OK
> or
>  - Foo.Bar.OK
>  
>
> Btw...it is possible to define the type for an enum? or are they always integers?
>
> thanks
>
>   --pancake
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  --pancake