typdef'ing a enum and all its enumerators

[Dave]

I have several enums that are generated by a code generator (and I have
no control over the code generator), the problem is that the names are
pretty long

enum VeryLoooooooongEnumName
{
veryLoooooooooong1,
veryLoooooooooong2,
......
veryLoooooooooong10
};

Some old code I'm working on would use a typedef like this:

typedef VeryLoooooooongEnumName enum ShortName { short1, short2, ... };

It used to compile using gcc 2.95, but with gcc 3.2 it no longer
compiles, the error is:

"multiple types in one declaration"

So is there a good way to typedef a enum and all its enumerators?

any help appreciated, thanks in advance

 

[Ron Natalie]

Some old code I'm working on would use a typedef like this:

typedef VeryLoooooooongEnumName enum ShortName { short1, short2, ... };

Wrong syntax for typedef. Frankly I don't know why it ever
wroked for you.

typedef VeryLooongEnumName ShortName;

There isn't much you can do about the enumerators other than defining
a parallel enum. However they're not going to be interchangable.