Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:12:08 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	sl <sl AT psycode DOT com>
cc:	DJGPP mailing list <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: enum problem
In-Reply-To:	<19980615161158063.AAA190@portD58.Generation.NET>
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, sl wrote:

> 	This is a C++ program.. I don't understand why C++ would act
> differently from C on this point since this 'feature' is derived from C
> in the first place.

C++ is a different language, not a superset of C.  (See section 8.3 of the 
FAQ for a somewhat funny demonstration of this.)  I don't know enough 
about C++ to tell whether enum handling is one of the cases where the two 
languages diverge.

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