Date:	Mon, 20 May 2002 10:21:30 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Pedro Izecksohn <izecksohn AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: enum
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On Sun, 19 May 2002, Pedro Izecksohn wrote:

>    Wouldn't be great if it was possible to compile the code
> bellow ? I know the compiler's problem with it, but what is
> the logical problem ? Hasn't English some words that they
> have differents meanings in different phrases ?
> 
> #define something enum something
> something {
> a,b,c,d,e };
> 
> #define otherthing enum otherthing
> otherthing {
> a,s,d,f,g };

AFAIK, the C Standard rules that all the enumeration constants in the 
same file share the same namespace.  So the Standard disallows what you 
want to do.

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