Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!pgf From: pgf@hou5f.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: C typedef deficiency Message-ID: <309@hou5f.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 13:10:10 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5f.309 Posted: Thu Jun 23 13:10:10 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 08:43:35 EDT Lines: 7 Could someone please expand on the usefulness of the "enum" type in C? I know how they are used in Pascal, but even there they aren't printable (i.e. easily converted to strings). Is the enum type really more useful than using #define? Can I loop on them? Compare them? I know I can't print them. Paul Fox ABI Holmdel, ihnp4!hou5f!pgf