Re: [Vala] enums

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

Thanks! didnt thought about it.

On 10 Dec 2013, at 19:19, Evan Nemerson <evan coeus-group com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 18:19 +0100, pancake wrote:
> > I have been doing some bindings for Vala and noticed something inconsistent in the naming of enums.
> >
> > // VALID
> > enum Foo {
> >   1FOO
> > }
> >
> > // INVALID
> > enum Bar {
> >   33
> > }
> >
> > The thing is that you can name an enum like Foo.1FOO, but not Bar.33,
> > if the reason to support enums prefixed with a number is because the C
> > translation doesnt breaks anything.. why do using numeric values
> > breaks?
> >
> > Is this defined by the Vala language or it’s just a bug?
>
> Refusing to accept 33 is not a bug.  Accepting 1FOO might be.
>
> You can use
>
>        public enum Bar {
>          @33
>        }
>
>
> -Evan