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Asked: 2026-05-14T03:58:54+00:00

Would you write something like: enum XYZ_TYPE {X=1, Y=2, Z=3}; I saw it and

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Would you write something like:

enum XYZ_TYPE {X=1, Y=2, Z=3};

I saw it and the suffix _TYPE confuses me in the enum context. There is a strong prospect that it is because I am not bright.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is nothing wrong with that suffix as enums are types of their own, they simply are not type safe. 

    XYZ_TYPE myXYZ = X;
if(myXYZ == 1) { } //This is what I meant by not strongly typed.

    C++0x fixes enums so they are strongly typed though.

    Just follow whatever your coding standard says about enum type names. In the end it doesn’t matter as long as it is consistent with your coding standard, and it is logically sound.

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