enums

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In article <1988Jul22.171612.6225 at utzoo.uucp> henry at utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>No.  X3J11 C (it's not quite officially ANSI C yet) almost didn't include
>enums at all, since they are so obviously a crude patch onto the language.
>It does in fact include them, in the simplest and stupidest form possible.

By saying that the dpANS C version of enums is 'the simplest and stupidest
form possible', you have implied that there are much better forms of enums
around.  Could you please enlighten us on to what these might be?

Thanks,
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