Enum vs Strongly typed enum

Question

I am a beginner in C++ programming.

Today I come across a new topic: strongly typed enum. I\'ve researched it a bit but till now I am unable to find ou

Answer 1

There's a good article about enums at this IBM page, it's very detailed and well-written. Here are some important points in a nutshell:

The scoped enums solve most of the limitations incurred by regular enums: complete type safety, well-defined underlying type, scope issues, and forward declaration.

• You get type safety by disallowing all implicit conversions of scoped enums to other types.
• You get a new scope, and the enum is not anymore in the enclosing scope, saving itself from name conflicts.
• Scoped enums gives you the ability to specify the underlying type of the enumeration, and for scoped enums, it defaults to int if you choose not to specify it.
• Any enum with a fixed underlying type can be forward declared.