Enum inheriting from int

Question

I\'ve found this all over the place in this code:

public enum Blah: int
{
    blah = 0,
    blahblah = 1
}

Why would it need to inherit fro

Answer 1

int is by default the type of any enum. It does not need to be declared explicitly.

It's more useful when you want to use something else (byte, long, and friends).