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From: brangdon@cix.co.uk (Dave Harris)
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Subject: Re: is iterating over an enum conformant?
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dishsi@tin.it (Gianluca) wrote (abridged):
> A doubt slipped into my mind. I wonder if this piece of code is ok from
> the standard point of view (the idea comes from real life, but the
> example is totally artificial):
> 
> enum eEnum { eE1 = 0, eE2, eE3, eTotal };
> 
> int anArray[eTotal] = {};
> 
> int main()
> {
>   for (int i(eE1); i < eTotal; ++i)
>   {
>      anArray[i] = i;
>   }
> }

It's fine, as long as the int is big enough to hold all the values of the 
enum. What made you doubt it would be OK?

-- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK.

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