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Recently (weeks or months ago)there was an article that talked about adding additional properties to ENUMs. It discussed the fact that in C++ enum was a class and so could be extended. I bookmarked the article because it directly related to a project I was working on. Unfortunately I can no longer find the bookmark! Does anyone remember the article, or at least enough of to give me good search terms?

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David

Posted 11-Jul-11 11:30am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2011-07-11T14:57:00

Are you sure it was C++? Just in case: in November I published an article on the similar topic, but in .NET: Enumeration Types do not Enumerate! Working around .NET and Language Limitations[^].

I don't thing enumeration type can be extended. The approach is to wrap it in a class using generics and reflection. I don't know how to do it in C++ with templates and RTTI, as RTTI does not have the power of .NET reflection. If you find the article on the topic for C++, will you please notify me (by adding comment to this post)?

Sorry if this is not it.

—SA