[Mono-list] enum examples from TiC# don't compile with mcs

[Richard Polton]

Shouldn't it be

(short)Coin.Penny + (short)Coin.Nickel

??

After all, which enumerated value would represent the sum before the cast
was executed?

Just a guess,

Richard

jpo wrote:

> Hi list,
> the following example code from TiC# does not compile with mcs:
>
> using System;
>
> class EnumTest {
>     enum Coin: short {
>         Penny = 1,
>         Nickel = 5,
>         Dime   = 10,
>         Quarter = 25,
>         Dollar = 100
>     }
>
>     public static void Main ()
>     {
>         short change = (short)(Coin.Penny + Coin.Nickel);
>         Console.WriteLine (change);
>     }
> }
>
> Question: is this a bug in mcs or a bug in the book? What does csc do?
>
> Thanks in adance
>   Joerg
>
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