"Bill Baxter" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... >On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM, hehe45 <[email protected]> wrote: >> In c++ it is valid syntax to have trailing commas at the and of enum >> definitions: >> enum {a, b, c, }; >> This would be a useful addition to D too. >> >> The enum class syntax from c++0x should also adopted by D, this would >> allow named enums which are >not automatically encased by a namespace: >> >> enum EnumName {A, B, C}; ---> A, B and C are global constants >> enum class EnumName {A, B, C};---> A, B and C are in the EnumName >> namespace >> > >That's basically what it is now: > >enum { A,B,C } --> A,B,C global
The difference though is that doesn't make A, B and C part of a new type. Personally, I'm fine with that though (well, except for the whole "let's pretend manifest constants are an 'enum'" absurdity), because I *hate* enums that pollute the namespace with their members.
