Re: [boost] Enums: naming question?

Subject: Re: [boost] Enums: naming question?
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-22 08:10:25

Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Vicente BOTET
> <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>wrote:
>
> > I like the result_of trick. What I don't like too much is
> > underlying_integer :(
>
> I will point out, with {native_enum, underlying_integer,
> scoped_enum}, that I like the consistency of them all being
> "things" (i.e., nouns), rather than adjectives.  Robert
> Stewart suggested "underlying_storage", which I think is
> still better than just plain "underlying", but (to me) less
> descriptive than "underlying_integer".

Actually, my suggestion was for just "storage," not "underlying_storage."

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