Can we define implicit conversions of enums in c#?

Question

Is it possible to define an implicit conversion of enums in c#?

something that could achieve this?

public enum MyEnum
{
    one = 1, two = 2
}

MyEnu         


        

Answer 1

enums are largely useless for me because of this, OP.

I end up doing pic-related all the time:

the simple solution

classic example problem is the VirtualKey set for detecting keypresses.

enum VKeys : ushort
{
a = 1,
b = 2,
c = 3
}
// the goal is to index the array using predefined constants
int[] array = new int[500];
var x = array[VKeys.VK_LSHIFT]; 

problem here is you can't index the array with the enum because it can't implicitly convert enum to ushort (even though we even based the enum on ushort)

in this specific context, enums are obsoleted by the following datastructure . . . .

public static class VKeys
{
public const ushort
a = 1,
b = 2, 
c = 3;
}