Where is the best place to locate enum types?

Question

I have found that there is generally a singe type or namespace that takes in any particular enum as a parameter and as a result I have always defined those enums there. Rece

Answer 1

I tend to define them, where their use is evident in the evident. If I have a typedef for a struct that makes use of it for some reason...

typedef enum {
  HI,
  GOODBYE
} msg_type;

typdef struct {
 msg_type type;
 union {
   int hivar;
   float goodbyevar;
  }
} msg;