Bill <Bi**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Obviously, I don't understand the purpose of the :type syntax on an
enum. Please point me to where I can get a better grasp of it?s
purpose.
The purpose of the : type syntax is effectively to say how it should be
implemented - what size it should use internally. That doesn't mean
that there is an implicit conversion between the enum and that type,
fortunately. See section 21 of the C# ECMA spec.
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