On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> wrote:
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> Otherwise, don't use enums. They should be marked (like char(), IMO) in the
> manual as, "Warning: you probably don't want to use this datatype. Go think
> some more."
Good point. I think enums are kind like arrays. Most of the time
they're a bad idea. sometimes they're an ok idea, and very very
rarely, they are exactly what you need to solve a certain problem.