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From: jss@sftri.UUCP (J.S.Schwarz)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: ANSI standard and enums
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 17:28:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 17:28:28 1984
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> So I would add
> 	d. make enum constants be considered exactly like integer
> 	   constants.
> 

This is exactly what the Aug 21, Draft of the ANSI standard
says. 

Section 2.3.4: "An identifier declared as an enumberation constant
has type int." 

Section 5.2.3: "The properties of an object of enum type in an
expression are identical to those of an int."

    Jerry Schwarz
    Bell Labs
    Summit, N.J
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