Nested Enum and Property Naming Conflicts

Question

There are some related questions here and here, but they didn\'t really give me satisfactory answers. The problem is that enums nested in a class in C# cannot have the same name

Answer 1

I would agree with moving the enum definition to a separate place. Currently, the enums are only visible through card, so if you wanted to check for an ace, you would have to do

if (card.CardSuit == Card.Suit.Ace) { }  //need different name for Suit field

Where if you moved it to a separate definition, you could do this if you made it global:

if (card.Suit == Suit.Ace) { } //no naming clashes, easier to read