enum type check in C/gcc

Question

See the simple example below. When a function returning one enum is assigned to a variable of a different enum I don\'t get any warning even with <

Answer 1

An enum in C is basically handled like an integer. It's just a nicer way to use constants.

  // this would work as well
  ftype = 1;

You can also specify the values:

  enum color {
     RED=0,GREEN,BLUE
  } mycolor;

  mycolor = 1; // GREEN