Help with bit-field semantics in C and C++

[D. Starner]

Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net> writes:
> Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> writes:
> | So
> |
> | e = (E)7;
> | 
> | printf ("%d\n", (int)e));
> | 
> | should print 3, and not 7 as is does now, and this should work by
> | converting integer types into enumeration types, and not by masking
> | upon converting enumeration types to ints?  Did I get that right?
>
> Yes, the masking happens when converting from integer to enumeration,
> not from enumeration to integer.

Shouldn't gcc offer a warning on cases where an out-of-range constant
is assigned to a literal, then? Especially as the correct behavior
was under dispute by people knowledgable in C.
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