[cfe-dev] 64-bit enum

[Keane, Erich via cfe-dev]

This ends up being a bad idea for a few reasons, and unnecessary for another.  Having different sized enums on different platforms is pretty terrible, and is likely a breaking change.

Additionally, it a waste of memory in the 99% of situations where it is unnecessary.   I personally don't want my 3-4 item enums to inflate the size of my PODs for the 1% case.

That said, it isn't that big of a deal, since you are totally welcome to specify the size of your enum as of C++11.  Simply:

enum Foo : uint64_t {A,B,C};
enum Bar : __int128_t {D,E,F};

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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 23:08:08 -0400
From: Marcus Johnson via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org>
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Can we make enums 64 bit at least when compiling for 64 bit platforms? I don't understand why they're limited to (SIGNED) 32 bit, it just doesn't make any sense.
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