Hi Andre.
No, enum still an int.
However, inside in the enum scope - enum class has a scope - it would have
a static function.

Kind regards,
Dmitrii Shabalin.

ср, 12 мар. 2025 г. в 12:30, Andre Kostur <andre_at_[hidden]>:

> This seems to be ignoring that the underlying storage for the enum is
> an int (of varying sizes). Now there needs to be an int, and
> additional space for each lambda object that one might add. I'm not
> seeing the immediate benefit over a normal free function.
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM Dmitrii Shabalin via Std-Proposals
> <std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> > Since C++11 we have lambdas.
> > I believe, everyone, who works with enums, write some functions for this
> particular enum only.
> > However, there is no way to associate this function with the enum's
> namespace.
> > My idea: we can set a value for any of enum fields. It should be const
> and could be constexpr.
> > May be, we can set a lambda for a field too?
> > something like:
> > enum Test{
> > testValue = 0,
> > toString =[](Test value) -> std::string { if (value == testValue)
> return "testValue"; else return ""; },
> > max = testValue
> > }
> >
> > And usage will be something like:
> > std::cout << "Test value" << Test::toString(Test::testValue);
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