Static import in C++11 (e.g. an enum class)
c++, c++11, enum-class, enums
Solution
No, it is not possible.
You cannot omit the `operation_type` part, because you have made this a scoped enumeration (and that is what scoped enumeration are all about). If you want to avoid it, you have to make it an unscoped `enum` (removing the `class` keyword).
Besides, outside of `matrix` you cannot import a member name through a `using` declaration as if `matrix` was a namespace. Moreover, per Paragraph 7.3.3/7 of the C++11 Standard:
A using-declaration shall not name a scoped enumerator.
Problem
My usage of enum class (VS2012): ``` class matrix { public: enum class operation_type {ADD, MULT}; matrix(operation_type op); ... } ``` and in another fragment I use ``` matrix* m = new matrix(matrix::operation_type::ADD); ``` If the names are long, this becomes very messy. Is it possible to somehow import the enum values so that I could write: ``` matrix* m = new matrix(ADD); ``` The same regards nested classes - can I import them?