Hi Kevin,
One compiler I used (back on the Amiga) had this kind of construct:
char enum Foo_t { one, two three } foo;
int enum Bar_t { uno, dos, tres } bar;
unsigned long enum Quux_t { un, deux, trois } quux;(I may have gotten the syntax reversed. It's been a long time.)
But, alas, this is not standard C/C++.
According to standard C (C89) and C++, enums are int. An int being the platform architecture's natural word size.
So I believe the problem is twofold:
1. it'd be nice for C/C++ to qualify enum sizes other than int -- c'est la vie
2. the other compiler's non-standard / non-compliant extension is causing you grief -- disable that extension (likewise, don't use GCC's -fshort-enums)
For C++, you can fix the problem by moving away from enum. But I presume you are working in C, not C++.
In C (C89), you can use #define. Maybe C99 has a more elegant solution that isn't pre-processor (ick ick) based.
HTH, --Eljay
