At 11:11 AM -0700 9/18/06, Phil M wrote:
Just to verify... if I add a item with a value of -1 at the *end* of
the list, the other values will not change?
Also, is REALbasic smart enough to only link one value per constant?
(i.e. not starting over again at 0 after an item with a value of -1)
If you're going to use the value of an enum in a persistent way, ie
store it for later use, then it seems prudent to explicitly define
the values yourself. Otherwise it seems far too easy for an
undetected 'accident' to occur where a future enum edit or slight
change in RB's 'enum value allocator' could give your enums different
internal values.
I'd recommend using the default allocator only if you strictly use
the enums by name and never know nor care what their internal values
actually are. Obviously if you're storing the values externally
somewhere, you need the values to be consistent from run to run and
therefore I'd recommend specifying them all explicitly.
Regards,
Joe Huber
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