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From: rajarar@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bala Rajaraman)
Newsgroups: gnu.g++
Subject: Enumeration Problem (Simple)
Keywords: Switch, Enumeration
Message-ID: <7570@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 90 02:17:32 GMT
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Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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Stroustrup's C++ book indicates that if in a switch only a few of the 
enumerated values are handled the compiler issues a warning [pg. 64-65].
	In the following program the g++ compiler neither issues a warning, 
nor does it prevent me from assigning an arbitrary value to a variable of 
an enumerated type.
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stream.h>

main()

{
enum keys {ASM,AUTO,BREAK};

keys key;

key = 4;
switch (key) {
	case ASM:
		break;
	case AUTO:
		break;
	}
cout << "KEY = " << key << "\n";
}
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Is this feature not available in g++ ??
	If this is a trivial question, I apologize. I do not have the
GNU G++ User Guide as yet.
	Thanks
	Bala
:-)
rajarar@hubcap.clemson.edu