Enums
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Enums are simple, integer-based types that can be used as an enumeration, where an enum has 1 value out of a list, or a bitflag, where it has several bits defining its value.
An enum is a special type and is restricted to only have possible values defined as constants on the enum.
The syntax used to define and use enum is:
type MyEnum = enum (a,b,c, d = 255); var r: MyEnum; begin r := MyEnum.b; ... if r = MyEnum.c then
The members of an enum are automatically assigned a value if none is given, starting at 0, increasing 1 from the previous member. When using the flags keyword instead of enum, a special kind of enum can be defined. Here, the members increase by finding the next in the Power (2, n) sequence.
type MyFlags = flags(a, b, c); begin r := MyFlags.a; r := r + MyFlags.c; if MyFlags.b in r then ...
Typed Enums
An extended syntax is provided to assign enums a specific integer type for internal storage by suffixing of type" to the enum declaration:
type x = enum (a,b,c) of byte; y = (a,b,c) of byte;
All the built-in integral types are supported:
- Byte
- SByte
- Int16
- Int32
- Int64
- UInt16
- UInt32
- UInt64
- Char
