Thread: custom enum class (operator overloading)

>> Well, it would have to be a constant expression, which a get method wouldn't do.

The problem is in the switch, not the case. This works fine:

Code:

class state {
public:
  enum {
     Undefined = 0,
     Arkansas = 1,
     Alaska,
     California
  };

protected:
  int value;

public:
  state() : value(Undefined) { }
  state(int val) : value(val) { }
  state(state &o) : value(o.value) { }

  int get_state() const { return value; }
  state operator=(int val) {
     value = val;
     return *this;
  }
};

int main()
{
    state state1(state::California);

    switch (state1.get_state())
    {
    case state::Alaska:
    case state::Arkansas:
    case state::California:
    default:
        break;
    }
}

Originally Posted by Daved

>> Well, it would have to be a constant expression, which a get method wouldn't do.

The problem is in the switch, not the case. This works fine:

Code:

class state {
public:
  enum {
     Undefined = 0,
     Arkansas = 1,
     Alaska,
     California
  };

protected:
  int value;

public:
  state() : value(Undefined) { }
  state(int val) : value(val) { }
  state(state &o) : value(o.value) { }

  int get_state() const { return value; }
  state operator=(int val) {
     value = val;
     return *this;
  }
};

int main()
{
    state state1(state::California);

    switch (state1.get_state())
    {
    case state::Alaska:
    case state::Arkansas:
    case state::California:
    default:
        break;
    }
}

Thanks Daved! You always find the mistake/solution