Flags, enum (C)

Question

I\'m not very used to programming with flags, but I think I just found a situation where they\'d be useful:

I\'ve got a couple of objects that register themselves as lis

Answer 1

Yes. Instead, make your enum members powers of 2:

enum
{
    TAKES_DAMAGE = (1 << 0),
    GRABBABLE = (1 << 1),
    LIQUID = (1 << 2),
    SOME_OTHER = (1 << 3)
};