Re: [pygame] enumerations?

[andrew baker <failrate@xxxxxxxxx>]

enumeration means numbering, really.

On 7/20/05, Brian Fisher <brian_fisher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The number association isn't really required - it's just an implementation
> detail of "enum"'s in C/C++ (the specification for the language says as much).
> 
> 
> People talk about enumations a fair bit cause they are used to using "enum"'s
> in C/C++, but the concept of an enumeration just means to have a complete list
> of all the things that are part of a group (a lot like what Bob was quoting),
> and there's tons of ways to represent that.
> 
> the verb enumeration (from websters) means:  To count off or name one by one;
> list
> 
> ... and you don't need to know any of this to use any pygame at all
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> > An enumeration is a series of things, like names, that have a number
> > explicitly associated to them.  An example might be alphabetical
> > order, where A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.
> >
> 
> 
> 


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