Am 15.08.2012 13:37, schrieb Invisible:
>>> Enums. Urgh. An enumeration is supposed to be a type that can only take
>>> on the specified set of values. Except that in C#, an enumeration can
>>> take on /any/ integer value. It's just that some of these values also
>>> have friendly names. *sigh*
>>
>> Erm... did you actually /try/ this??
>
> Quoting Microsoft's C# language specification:
>
>    "Each enum type has a corresponding integral type called the
> underlying type of the enum type. [...] The set of values that an enum
> type can take on is not limited by its enum members. In particular, any
> value of the underlying type of an enum can be cast to the enum type and
> is a distinct valid value of that enum type."
>
>> Trying to assing an int to an enum variable, I get a "Cannot implicitly
>> convert [...]" error for any integer value other than 0. (Don't ask me
>> why they did allow it for 0 though.)
>
> Perhaps you can't /implicitly/ convert, but try writing an /explicit/
> cast. According to the spec, that's supposed to work.

You're right there. I guess it's to provide support for bitfield-style 
use of enums.

Note that one of the design goals of C#, AFAIK, was to provide a 
comparatively easy migration path from C/C++.

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