Question

In a header I have a setup like this

namespace NS {
    typedef enum { GOOD, BAD, UGLY }enum_thing;
    class Thing {
        void thing(enum_thing elem);
    }
}

and of course another cpp file that goes along with that header. Then I have a thread cpp file that contains main(). In this cpp file I use that enum to pass to the method thing().

using namespace NS;
int main() {
    Thing t();
    t.thing(BAD);
}

and of course I get other errors from G++ saying BAD was not declared. Any help on how I could overcome this error?

Answer 1

Can you avoid using a typedef? Just do:

enum Foobar {good, bad, hello};