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Re: [std-proposals] A proposal on default enum initialization

From: Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:28:07 +0300
On 3/24/23 18:22, Oleksandr Koval wrote:
> No existing code uses "default:" for marking the default enum value
> because currently this syntax is invalid. So this is not a breaking
> change.
>
> Before this proposal:
> ExternalLibrary::Enum e{}; // e == 0
>
> After this proposal (and ExternalLibrary update):
> ExternalLibrary::Enum e{}; // e == some default value

The "ExternalLibrary update" is the breaking change here, not the
proposed core language extension.

Received on 2023-03-24 15:28:20