keshav yadav <keshav.yadav2005@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Thanks for reply below the reasion why we are getting the error
> In C, an enum is basically a way to alias names to integers.This does
> not lead to improved type checking. In C++, an enum defines an actual
> type, which results in strong type checking.
> In C++, an integer cannot be assigned directly to an "enum" as it
> could be in C. If your program contains such assignments, first cast
> the integer to the "enum" type, as in the following example:
> for example:-
> int i;
> enum X {a, b, c} e;
> e = i; /* Legal in C, not in C++. */
> e = (enum X)i; // Legal in C++.
>
> What I want to know is how to catch an error on C code. is there
> any flag in gcc with we can get the same error .
The best you can do today is -Wc++-compat. Of course that will catch
other kinds of things as well. There is nothing specific to the enum
case.
Ian
