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From: lied@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Bob Lied)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: typedef laxity
Message-ID: <2489@ihuxy.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Apr 88 17:45:05 GMT
References: <1070@maynard.BSW.COM> <757@xyzzy.UUCP> <759@xyzzy.UUCP>
Reply-To: lied@ihuxy.UUCP (55626-Lied,R.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <759@xyzzy.UUCP> throopw@xyzzy.UUCP (Wayne A. Throop) writes:
>It occurs to me that there is another way to do this, and a form of
>integer subranges to boot, all within draft X3J11 C.  Consider:
>
>        typedef enum {low_temperature=(-40), high_temperature=4000} 
>                temperature_t;
>        typedef enum {low_pressure=0, high_pressure=500} 
>                pressure_t;
>        temperature_t t;
>        pressure_t p;

You are trying to eat your cake and have it, too.  If
temperature_t and pressure_t are distinct types, then
they are also distinct from int.  Therefore,
	t = 32;
should also give a type mis-match warning.

	Bob Lied	ihnp4!ihuxy!lied