Enum C++ way

enum SimpleCount
{
D_ONE,
D_TWO,
D_MANY
};

although the other way should work too. C++ syntax is much cleaner in my opinion. It's almost like defining a class or struct. As it should be since you're adding a new type.

Chris

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Original post by christopherstott although the other way should work too. C++ syntax is much cleaner in my opinion. It's almost like defining a class or struct. As it should be since you're adding a new type.

The second example works in C too. An enum is a type just like in C++ (although C isn't as strict when setting enum variables to non-enumerated constants).
Syntactically enums are equivalent to structures, classes and unions in both languages. The only difference being that enum's can't be forward declared in C even though most compilers supports it as an extension.

One difference in the way C++ handles enums is that you can't iterate through them with the ++ operator, like in C. Other than that, I think they're the same, with the cleaner notation, as mentioned.