64bit Enums? C#

Question

Is it possible to get an enum to hold 64bit values? I wrote the code below and got this compile error message. ``` enum EnumTest { a = 0x100000000 }; ``` error CS0266: Cannot implicitly convert type 'long' to 'int'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

Accepted Answer

Yes, you need to "derive" it from long.

```
public enum MyEnum : long
{
}
```

64bit Enums? C#

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