Angus Leeming wrote:
Michael Gerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
After having introduced the enum in the last two hours, I finally come
to the conclusion that a simple bool type is more suitable than an enum
type for which C++ does not provide any type-safety. There are just two
values, on and off. That's what bool is made for
That's not true. The enum is perfectly type safe and is self-documenting,
something the enum isn't. Indeed, I'm pretty sure that one of those C++ gurus
(Meyers, Sutter, etc) recommends the use of enum over bool...
No, enum is NOT type-safe. I started with something like
enum Tracking {
on,
off
}
just to discover that a statement like
if (tracking_changes) {
..
}
still compiles - even though the bool variable turned in an enum (with
on = 0). Not exactly nice...
For the moment, I will keep bool. Bother me later if this inaccaptable :-)
Michael
