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From: andys@thone.demon.co.uk (Andy Sawyer)
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Subject: Re: short enum, bool
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In article <790596622snz@wslint.demon.co.uk>
           Kevlin@wslint.demon.co.uk "Kevlin Henney" writes:

> 
> Hey, isn't it about time somebody asked about enum inheritance? (HHOK)
> Nobody's suggested adding that to the language for at least a couple of months
> <grin>
> 

 .. how about being able to derive from int then? <even bigger grin>
 (In case you were wondering, I wanted to do this once, many years ago!)

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