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From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: enums and function/method return values
Message-ID: <48742@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Feb 91 07:07:11 GMT
Sender: ksand@Apple.COM
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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I'm not sure that this is syntactically OK, but I would like to
achieve better function return value scoping using enums. Ex:

class TFoo {
public:
       TFoo(){};
       virtual eFoobar GetStatus(void){ return fStatus;};
       enum eFoobar {OK, NOK, MAYBE};
private:
       eFoobar fStatus;
// ....
};

I'm using Mac MPW 1.0 C++ (AT&T 2.0 derivate). I also tried with
typecasting, but the compiler did not like this either. Anyway
it complains about eFoobar not being a type name.

Are there any tricks to achieve this, am I lost in the Syntax Sugarland
of C++, or would this be another cute feature that could kill Ada?

Regards,
Kent Sandvik