Visual Studio MSDN Help Wrote: "An Enum is a named constant whose underlying type is any integral type except Char. If no underlying type is explicitly declared, Int32 is used. Enum DERIVES FROM VALUETYPE, BUT IS NOT A VALUE TYPE. Programming languages typically provide syntax to declare an enumeration that consists of a set of named constants and their values." [1]
Although a 'String Theory' kind of guy, I am not completely familiar with Quantum Object-Oriented Value/Non-Value Types. Is the upper-case type in the above paragraph accurate? If so, could someone point me to a clear explaination? Much of the literature seems to claim that Enum is indeed a value type (though not a primitive value type). [2] Thanks - Ray www.rayheath.com [1] ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpref/html/frlrfsystemenumclasstopic.htm [2] e.g. Pattison, Ted. “Basic Instincts: Objects and Values Part 1.” (See Figure 2) MSDN Magazine. June 2002: 115 You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
