enum redeclaration

I would have liked to do this:

Code:

typedef enum {
     Exp = 0x14110,
     Gain = 0x14150,
} Type_Device1_RegisterAddress;

typedef enum {
     Exp = 0x00110,
     Gain = 0x00150,
} Type_Device2_RegisterAddress;

but i receive compiler errors
how would you suggest to dio something similar?

i don't like much the following (cause it's something close to using defines):

Code:

typedef enum {
     Device1_Exp = 0x14110,
     Device1_Gain = 0x14150,
} Type_Device1_RegisterAddress;

typedef enum {
     Device2_Exp = 0x00110,
     Device2_Gain = 0x00150,
} Type_Device2_RegisterAddress;

Would you like to use C++ instead? I do not think that C provides such a scoping mechanism, but I could be wrong since I am too used to what is allowed by C++.

thank you but i am working on an embedded platform that supports only alpha C++ compiler so i prefer C

In C, all the enum descriptors are in one namespace, so it's not possible to reuse names.

I suppose it's going to depend on how you want to use these things whether explicit names like you have it will work or not. If you always know, when you're typing the variable name, whether you need device 1 or device 2, what's wrong with it?

I don't think this is possible in C either. But maybe a datastructure like this is better:

Code:

const struct {
	int exp;
	int gain;
} devices[] = {
	{ 0x14110, 0x14150 },
	{ 0x00110, 0x00150 },
};

And then use "devices[0].exp".