Specifying the underlying enum type in g++

[Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh]

oh, I cut my linked_list.h & linked_list.h from my program & created an
Makefiel & main.c.My linked_list.c work correctly.does linker has
problem?
On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 05:51 -0400, Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
> gcc-4.4.1 (g++) does support specifying the underlying type of an 'enum
> type'
> Thank you
> 
> On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 17:26 -0400, Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
> > Thank you for the answers, Axel, Gabriel.
> > 
> > Installing a newer version of g++ is a possibility, since this is
> > research I am doing for a possible future port.
> > 
> > The distro I am running has a few versions of gcc in its catalog, the
> > question is, which version of gcc supports the extension?
> > 
> > These are the versions of gcc I could potentially install to test it.
> > 
> > gcc-4.4.1
> > gcc-4.3.4
> > gcc-4.3.3-r2
> > gcc-4.3.2-r4
> > gcc-4.3.2-r3
> > 
> > I will try installing gcc-4.4.1 first to see.
> > Thanks for your help.
> > J
> > 
> > On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:41 -0500, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > 
>