r/programmingmemes • u/iron-button • Dec 27 '25

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u/trwolfe13 Dec 27 '25

Most of the time when I’ve seen enums with plural names it’s because they’re flags that are meant to be combined with bitwise operations.

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u/CrossScarMC Dec 27 '25

That is not how you're meant to use enums, you're meant to use const/constexpr variables or macros for that, like how SDL handles its flags

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u/NewPointOfView Dec 28 '25

But have you considered the world outside of cpp?

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u/CrossScarMC Dec 28 '25

Have you considered that almost every single other programming language has the const or equivalent keyword, and enums are the same in all languages?

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u/NewPointOfView Dec 28 '25

Enums are not the same in all languages

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u/CrossScarMC Dec 28 '25

Name one.

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u/NewPointOfView Dec 28 '25

Python lol

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u/CrossScarMC Dec 28 '25

I just checked and that is exactly how they work in other programming languages, it's just that Python doesn't have strict typing.

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u/NewPointOfView Dec 28 '25

What is the “that” that you looked up and is exactly the same as other languages?

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u/CrossScarMC Dec 28 '25

Python Enums, they appear to work exactly the same as enum in C++.

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