enums and strict aliasing rule

Does accessing enums through int pointers break the strict aliasing rule? Or are enums treated as ints?

Incompatibilities Between ISO C and ISO C++
enums might not even be the same SIZE as an int, so no, stop thinking about whatever it is you're trying to do.

Unless you're posting on C++ just to keep things interesting...

Ah! I wasn't aware of that.

Thanks

I believe that in C++0x you can do this:

Code:

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enum SomeName : int {

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To force it to be of integer size. Though I'm not 100% sure about this and have no time to verify atm.

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Originally Posted by EVOEx

I believe that in C++0x you can do this:

Code:

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enum SomeName : int {

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To force it to be of integer size. Though I'm not 100% sure about this and have no time to verify atm.

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correct

Why would you want to acess an enum through an int pointer?

It's a function that is overloaded for a bunch of basic types, but not enum types, so I thought maybe I can just use the int version.

Ended up doing something completely different.