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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T11:55:13+00:00 2026-05-11T11:55:13+00:00

If you have an enum in your application and you only have a few

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If you have an enum in your application and you only have a few items, should you force the underlying type to be the smallest possible type?

    enum smaller : byte     {         one,         two,         three     }; 
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  1. 2026-05-11T11:55:13+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 11:55 am

    No. Don’t prematurely optimize unless you’ve proved with a profiler that it’s actually a problem.

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