What's an enum class and why should I care?

Question

For one who has never written a line of C++11, and who has, at the moment, no opportunity to program in C++11, can you, in one short paragraph., tell me:

What is an

Answer 1

At first I was confused by your question, but I think you want to know the difference between c++ enum and that in c++11. As best as I can understand, in the later, you have strongly typed enums which allows you to scope your them. I think this explains it well. CHEERS