[Bug c++/17022] Behavior of out-of-range enums

[bangerth at dealii dot org]

------- Additional Comments From bangerth at dealii dot org  2004-08-14 03:58 -------
The size of a variable of enum type is exactly the number of bits needed 
to represent the largest member of the enum (so that you can bit-or 
elements). The result therefore makes perfect sense. 
 
W. 

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17022