Some good example for using enums

Question

I learned enums when I learned C and from time to time I keep myself reminding about it and most of the time by re-reading from some source,it occurred to me that this is d

Answer 1

One use of enums is to make code clearer at the call site. Compare:

//Usage: Kick(Dog);

enum PetType
{
   Cat,
   Dog
};

void Kick(PetType p)
{
   switch(p)
   {
      case Cat:
        //Kick Cat
        break;
      case Dog:
        //Kick Dog
        break;
      default:
        //Throw an exception.
        break;
    }
}

---

//Usage: Kick(false);

void Kick(bool isCat)
{
    if (isCat)
    {
        //Kick Cat
    }
    else
    {
        //Kick Dog
    }
}

Even though a boolean would work just as well, someone unfamiliar with the function will need to work much harder to determine what it does in the case that a boolean was used. Kick(Dog) is much clearer than Kick(false).