Re: [Vala] enums

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 14:40 +0100, pancake 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
>         }
>        ...

That's just not implemented yet, we'll add support for this.

> 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:

I don't see a reason for supporting anonymous enums, you can just use
constants in namespaces or classes for that purpose.

> Btw...it is possible to define the type for an enum? or are they always integers?

No, they are always integers.

Jürg