[Boost-users] safe assign of int to enum

From: Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]
Date: 2006-03-27 01:41:50

Hello,
is a technique available in boost in order to assign an int value to a
enum?

enum E
{
  e1 = 1,
  e2 = 2,
  e3 = 3
};

E e( static_cast< E >( 1) ); // should work

E e( static_cast< E >( 5) ); // should throw exception at runtime

Regards,
Oliver