Scoped enum question

[woodbrian77]

I like this, but I might not be able to use it.

With an enum class I could tell a user to forward declare
it and that I'd create the enum class for them.

enum class cmw_user_input_data_member_flags : std::uint8_t;

struct cmw_user_input
{
cmw_user_input_data_member_flags marshalling_bits;
// ...
};

I think that works because the compiler knows the size of
the enum class.

Can I do that with the class you've described?

 

[Luca Risolia]

enum class cmw_user_input_data_member_flags : std::uint8_t;

struct cmw_user_input
{
cmw_user_input_data_member_flags marshalling_bits;
// ...
};

Can I do that with the class you've described?

No. But you can have the definition of type
cmw_user_input_data_member_flags in a separate
header file that the user can include in her program.