> On Jan 14, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
> <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
> Those types are called enumerations or enums for short, the variant that
> requires a point are called scoped enums and the compiler directive you're
> looking for is "{$scopedenums on}" and only needs to be used for declaring
> the enum, not when using it. As the switch is a local one you can even mix
> scoped and unscoped enum declarations in the same unit. The switch is
> available at least since 3.0.0 though it isn't mentioned in the language
> reference guide about enums (
> https://freepascal.org/docs-html/current/ref/refsu4.html#x26-280003.1.1).
>
Ah yes enums. {$scopedenums on} was what I was looking for but it looks like
even if I remembered what they were called I still wouldn’t have found the
switch. Thanks again.
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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