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Let the developer access the length value implicitly at compile time like enumFoobar{foo, bar, baz, quz}; intNumberOfIemsInFoobar=Foobar::length;// NumberOfIemsInFoobar is 4 during runtime Make C++ more sweet! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ISO C++ Standard - Future Proposals" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to std-proposals+unsubscribe@isocpp.org. To post to this group, send email to std-proposals@isocpp.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/d/msgid/std-proposals/8cde95ae-23fe-442f-9bf2-5c040f05efde%40isocpp.org. ------=_Part_1335_740211968.1488787069628 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
For now developers have to use crutches like
enumFoobar{= Foo,Bar,Baz,= Quz, length =3D4};
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this may be not safe and n=
ot robust.
Let the developer access the length value implicitly at compi=
le time like
enumFoobar{foo,= bar, baz, quz}= ;
intNumberOfIemsInFoobar=3DFoobar::length;// 
NumberOfIemsInFoobar is 4 during r=
untime

Make C++ mor=
e sweet!

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