Specifying the underlying enum type in g++

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Jean-Claude Gervais
<jc.gervais@videotron.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using gcc 4.1.2 and 4.3.2, looking for a way to specify the
> underlying type in a typedef enum declaration like so:
>
> typedef enum : unsigned char { first_tag, second_tag, third_tag }
> my_enum_type;

There is a C++0x extension to do that, but you would have to get
newer versions of g++.

>
> The preceding statement compiles with visualc++ but not with g++
>
> Is there a way?
>
> Thanks
> J
>
>