From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: enum doesn't work?
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 19:50:40 -0700
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Victor Viudez Gonzalez wrote:

> Why doesn't work something like this?
> 
> typedef enum BOOL{false,true}bool;
> 
> It says Error before 'typedef', but before 'typedef' there are
> nothing!

Are you compiling in C++, and are there any typedefs following this
line?  In C++, bool, true, and false are reserved keywords, and so this
typedef is illegal.

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