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# Enums - Enumerated Types

    EnumDeclaration:
    	enum EnumTag EnumBody
    	enum EnumBody
    	enum EnumTag : EnumBaseType EnumBody
    	enum : EnumBaseType EnumBody

    EnumTag:
    	Identifier

    EnumBaseType:
    	Type

    EnumBody:
    	;
    	{ EnumMembers }

    EnumMembers:
    	EnumMember
    	EnumMember ,
    	EnumMember , EnumMembers

    EnumMember:
    	Identifier
    	Identifier = AssignExpression
    	Type Identifier = AssignExpression

Enum declarations are used to define a group of constants. They come in two forms:

1. Named enums, which have an EnumTag.
2. Anonymous enums, which do not have an EnumTag.

## Named Enums

Named enums are used to declare related constants and group them by giving them a unique type. The EnumMembers are declared in the scope of the enum EnumTag. The enum EnumTag declares a new type, and all the EnumMembers have that type.

This defines a new type `X` which has values `X.A=0`, `X.B=1`, `X.C=2`:

    enum X { A, B, C }	// named enum

If the EnumBaseType is not explicitly set, and the first EnumMember has an initializer, it is set to the type of that initializer. Otherwise, it defaults to type `int`.

Named enum members may not have individual Types.

A named enum member can be implicitly cast to its EnumBaseType, but EnumBaseType types cannot be implicitly cast to an enum type.

The value of an EnumMember is given by its initializer. If there is no initializer, it is given the value of the previous EnumMember + 1. If it is the first EnumMember, it's value is 0.

Enums must have at least one member.

### Enum Default Initializer

The `.init` property of an enum type is the value of the first member of that enum. This is also the default initializer for the enum type.

    enum X { A=3, B, C }
    X x;		// x is initialized to 3

### Enum Properties

Enum properties only exist for named enums.

.init | First enum member value
.min | Smallest value of enum
.max | Largest value of enum
.sizeof | Size of storage for an enumerated value

For example:

    enum X { A=3, B, C }
    X.min     // is X.A
    X.max     // is X.C
    X.sizeof  // is same as int.sizeof

The EnumBaseType of named enums must support comparison in order to compute the `.max` and `.min` properties.

## Anonymous Enums

If the enum Identifier is not present, then the enum is an anonymous enum, and the EnumMembers are declared in the scope the EnumDeclaration appears in. No new type is created; the EnumMembers have the type of the EnumBaseType.

The EnumBaseType is the underlying type of the enum.

If omitted, the EnumMembers can have different types. Those types are given by the first of:

1. The Type, if present.
2. The type of the AssignExpression, if present.
3. The type of the previous EnumMember, if present.
4. `int`

    enum { A, B, C }	// anonymous enum

Defines the constants A=0, B=1, C=2, all of type int.

Enums must have at least one member.

The value of an EnumMember is given by its initializer. If there is no initializer, it is given the value of the previous EnumMember + 1. If it is the first EnumMember, it's value is 0.

    enum { A, B = 5+7, C, D = 8+C, E }

Sets A=0, B=12, C=13, D=21, and E=22, all of type int.

    enum : long { A = 3, B }

Sets A=3, B=4 all of type long.

    enum : string
    {
        A = "hello",
        B = "betty",
        C     // error, cannot add 1 to "betty"
    }

    enum
    {
        A = 1.2f,   // A is 1.2f of type float
        B,          // B is 2.2f of type float
        int C = 3,  // C is 3 of type int
        D           // D is 4 of type int
    }

### Manifest Constants

If there is only one member of an anonymous enum, the { } can be omitted:

    enum i = 4;      // i is 4 of type int
    enum long l = 3; // l is 3 of type long

Such declarations are not lvalues, meaning their address cannot be taken.

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