[fpc-devel] enums and integer auto conversion

[Jonas Maebe]

On 10 Sep 2012, at 23:12, Daniël Mantione wrote:

> Op Mon, 10 Sep 2012, schreef Jonas Maebe:
> 
>> If you want to do that, you need to add a layer in between that converts the sets into integer bitmasks in a reliable, portable and future-proof way.
> 
> Yes! Let's also convert integers to enums with a case statement rather than typecast, just in case the compiler may not count enums from zero in the future ;)

You can explicitly define the ordinal values of enumerations if you depend on that sort of stuff (which afaik the Qt units in fact do).


Jonas