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From: sensen AT wolga DOT uni-paderborn DOT de (Norbert Sensen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Enum Definitions
Date: 16 Apr 1996 07:48:32 GMT
Organization: University of Paderborn, Germany
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In article <1996Apr15 DOT 215610 DOT 13409 AT pmafire DOT inel DOT gov>, kurt AT pmafire DOT inel DOT gov (Kurt Fielding) writes:
>> I'm having trouble defining enum types in v2 of djgpp.  The following 
>> statement will not work:
>> 
>>   enum Boolean { false, true };
>> 
>> I get the message:  ... parse error before `false'.
>> 
>> The "info" documentation tends to make me believe that enum types are possible 
>> but I can't find the right combination.  Any body have a clue what is going on?
>> Something this simple shouldn't be such a problem!
>> 
>> Thanks for your help....
>> 
>> Kurt

Hello Kurt,

well, the use of enum's is no problem, i think.
One of the words you used, 'Boolean' or 'false' is a reserved word
with c++, so the compiler cannot understand it!

Norbert
sensen AT uni-paderborn DOT de