C enum tags before and after list - type or var name?
c, enums
Solution
Continued my googling and MSDN gave me the answer: MSDN C Enum Declarations
`enum enum_tag {a = 0, b, c, d} tag_again;` defines an enum type enum_tag and declares a variable of that type: tag_again.
`enum enum_tag {a = 0, b, c, d};` defines an enum type of enum_tag
and
`enum {a = 0, b, c, d} tag_again;` declares a variable tag_again of a nameless enum type (as I thought)
Problem
I see a lot of occasions (googling) where enums are declared as follows: `enum enum_tag {a = 0, b, c, d} tag_again;` `enum enum_tag {a = 0, b, c, d};` or `enum {a = 0, b, c, d} tag_again;` Some times it seems like enum_tag is the type and tag_again is a variable name, but if enum_tag is not present tag_again seems to sometimes be used as either.. which is it? If I were to code `enum {a = 0, b, c, d} tag_again;` Is tag_again an enum type or variable of a nameless enum type??